Résumé Worksheet: Mistakes to Avoid

Interview skills lesson 19: Résumé mistakes to avoid · Set 683 · 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.🚫 You won second place but write “First prize”. This is… (a) a small style choice (b) a false claim (c) a good idea (d) a typing error
2. 2.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) adding fake prizes (b) reading it aloud once (c) a sensible file name (d) checking every number
3. 3.🔍 What is the best way to catch spelling errors? (a) never re-read (b) add more words (c) trust the first draft (d) proofread, ask someone
4. 4.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Helped in some events” (a) too casual (b) too vague (c) a spelling mistake
5. 5.True or false: “Skils: typing, Hindi, English” is too casual for a résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixed date formats (b) five font styles (c) copying a friend’s CV (d) reading it aloud once
7. 7.True or false: “Did many activities” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) tiny 8-point text (b) a sensible file name (c) mixed date formats (d) copying a friend’s CV
9. 9.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
10. 10.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Worked on a project” (a) too casual (b) a spelling mistake (c) too vague
11. 11.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: a sensible file name? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
12. 12.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: tiny 8-point text? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
13. 13.📅 Why should all dates on a résumé use the same format? (a) it is longer (b) it looks neat and clear (c) it hides gaps (d) it is a law
14. 14.True or false: “Good at many things” is too casual for a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: adding fake prizes? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
16. 16.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Hobbies: chilling, sleeping, memes” (a) too vague (b) too casual (c) a spelling mistake
17. 17.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Responsable for the class notice board” (a) too casual (b) a spelling mistake (c) too vague
18. 18.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) a teacher’s check (b) adding fake prizes (c) copying a friend’s CV (d) tiny 8-point text
19. 19.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: mixed date formats? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
20. 20.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Skils: typing, Hindi, English” (a) too vague (b) too casual (c) a spelling mistake
21. 21.💾 Which file name is best for your résumé? (a) myfile(3).pdf (b) Ananya_Rao_Resume.pdf (c) final_final2.pdf (d) asdfgh.pdf
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same date format (b) a sensible file name (c) copying a friend’s CV (d) one font throughout
23. 23.True or false: “Skils: typing, Hindi, English” has a spelling mistake. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “Hobbies: chilling, sleeping, memes” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “Email: cutiepie_2008@…” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: a teacher’s check? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
27. 27.True or false: “Objective: want a job lol” is too casual for a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Objective: want a job lol” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
29. 29.True or false: “Helped in some events” is too vague. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) reading it aloud once (b) tiny 8-point text (c) a sensible file name (d) same date format
31. 31.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: copying a friend’s CV? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
32. 32.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: checking every number? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
33. 33.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Experiance: school library helper” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too casual (c) too vague
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saving as PDF (b) tiny 8-point text (c) same date format (d) a teacher’s check
35. 35.True or false: “Worked on a project” is too vague. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “Hobbies: chilling, sleeping, memes” is too casual for a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) one font throughout (b) reading it aloud once (c) mixed date formats (d) same date format
38. 38.True or false: “Helped in some events” has a spelling mistake. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: a file named final2? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading it aloud once (b) mixed date formats (c) a teacher’s check (d) checking every number

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