Résumé Worksheet: Mistakes to Avoid

Interview skills lesson 19: Résumé mistakes to avoid · Set 651 · 40 questions

Tip (True, checked, consistent): Spelling mistakes: Experiance → Experience, Skils → Skills, Acheivements → Achievements, Responsable → Responsible. Too casual: a nickname email ID, slang hobbies, “lol”. Too vague: “Did many activities”, “Good at many things”. Never write a false claim. Good habits: proofread, a teacher’s check, one font, the same date format, PDF with a sensible file name (Name_Resume.pdf).

1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same date format (b) a teacher’s check (c) never proofreading (d) checking every number
2. 2.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Helped in some events” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
3. 3.True or false: “Responsable for the class notice board” is too casual for a résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 What is the best way to catch spelling errors? (a) proofread, ask someone (b) never re-read (c) trust the first draft (d) add more words
5. 5.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) tiny 8-point text (b) a teacher’s check (c) copying a friend’s CV (d) adding fake prizes
6. 6.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Worked on a project” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too casual (c) too vague
7. 7.True or false: “Did many activities” has a spelling mistake. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) a teacher’s check (b) same date format (c) a file named final2 (d) checking every number
9. 9.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Objective: want a job lol” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too casual (c) too vague
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one font throughout (b) saving as PDF (c) same date format (d) adding fake prizes
11. 11.True or false: “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” is too casual for a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🚫 You won second place but write “First prize”. This is… (a) a typing error (b) a small style choice (c) a false claim (d) a good idea
13. 13.📅 Why should all dates on a résumé use the same format? (a) it hides gaps (b) it is a law (c) it looks neat and clear (d) it is longer
14. 14.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Skills: super good at stuff” (a) too vague (b) a spelling mistake (c) too casual
15. 15.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: adding fake prizes? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
16. 16.True or false: “Skils: typing, Hindi, English” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Skils: typing, Hindi, English” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too casual (c) too vague
18. 18.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Responsable for the class notice board” (a) too vague (b) a spelling mistake (c) too casual
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a file named final2 (b) tiny 8-point text (c) a teacher’s check (d) adding fake prizes
20. 20.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: tiny 8-point text? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
21. 21.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” (a) too vague (b) too casual (c) a spelling mistake
22. 22.True or false: “Skills: super good at stuff” is too casual for a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saving as PDF (b) five font styles (c) checking every number (d) same date format
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same date format (b) a teacher’s check (c) a file named final2 (d) saving as PDF
25. 25.True or false: “Experiance: school library helper” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “Skils: typing, Hindi, English” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “Helped in some events” is too casual for a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: a teacher’s check? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
29. 29.True or false: “Did many activities” is too casual for a résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a file named final2 (b) reading it aloud once (c) mixed date formats (d) never proofreading
31. 31.💾 Which file name is best for your résumé? (a) asdfgh.pdf (b) Ananya_Rao_Resume.pdf (c) final_final2.pdf (d) myfile(3).pdf
32. 32.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) adding fake prizes (b) copying a friend’s CV (c) tiny 8-point text (d) saving as PDF
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saving as PDF (b) adding fake prizes (c) tiny 8-point text (d) copying a friend’s CV
34. 34.True or false: “Helped in some events” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Hobbies: chilling, sleeping, memes” is too casual for a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: reading it aloud once? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
37. 37.True or false: “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” is too vague. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Good at many things” (a) too vague (b) a spelling mistake (c) too casual
39. 39.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Experiance: school library helper” (a) too vague (b) a spelling mistake (c) too casual
40. 40.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) five font styles (b) tiny 8-point text (c) mixed date formats (d) one font throughout

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