Résumé Worksheet: Mistakes to Avoid

Interview skills lesson 19: Résumé mistakes to avoid · Set 795 · 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.True or false: “Responsable for the class notice board” is too casual for a résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) adding fake prizes (b) a teacher’s check (c) never proofreading (d) five font styles
3. 3.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Objective: want a job lol” (a) too casual (b) a spelling mistake (c) too vague
4. 4.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) saving as PDF (b) reading it aloud once (c) same date format (d) tiny 8-point text
5. 5.⚠️ An interviewer finds a lie on your résumé. What is likely? (a) you get a bonus (b) nothing happens (c) you lose their trust (d) you get promoted
6. 6.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: one font throughout? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
7. 7.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Helped in some events” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too casual (c) too vague
8. 8.🚫 You won second place but write “First prize”. This is… (a) a typing error (b) a good idea (c) a false claim (d) a small style choice
9. 9.📅 Why should all dates on a résumé use the same format? (a) it looks neat and clear (b) it is longer (c) it is a law (d) it hides gaps
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a teacher’s check (b) a sensible file name (c) adding fake prizes (d) reading it aloud once
11. 11.True or false: “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” is too casual for a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) five font styles (b) tiny 8-point text (c) a sensible file name (d) never proofreading
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensible file name (b) five font styles (c) a teacher’s check (d) saving as PDF
14. 14.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: adding fake prizes? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
15. 15.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: same date format? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
16. 16.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) mixed date formats (b) copying a friend’s CV (c) checking every number (d) never proofreading
17. 17.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) a file named final2 (b) five font styles (c) reading it aloud once (d) adding fake prizes
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying a friend’s CV (b) five font styles (c) tiny 8-point text (d) a sensible file name
19. 19.True or false: “Worked on a project” has a spelling mistake. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Did many activities” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
21. 21.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: copying a friend’s CV? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
22. 22.True or false: “Helped in some events” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “Hobbies: chilling, sleeping, memes” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) five font styles (b) copying a friend’s CV (c) tiny 8-point text (d) saving as PDF
25. 25.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: a file named final2? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
26. 26.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Responsable for the class notice board” (a) too vague (b) a spelling mistake (c) too casual
27. 27.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Hobbies: chilling, sleeping, memes” (a) too casual (b) too vague (c) a spelling mistake
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying a friend’s CV (b) tiny 8-point text (c) one font throughout (d) never proofreading
29. 29.True or false: “Experiance: school library helper” is too casual for a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “Good at many things” is too vague. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) a teacher’s check (b) reading it aloud once (c) a sensible file name (d) adding fake prizes
32. 32.True or false: “Helped in some events” has a spelling mistake. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: tiny 8-point text? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
34. 34.True or false: “Did many activities” has a spelling mistake. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Skils: typing, Hindi, English” (a) too casual (b) too vague (c) a spelling mistake
36. 36.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) mixed date formats (b) adding fake prizes (c) copying a friend’s CV (d) same date format
37. 37.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Skills: super good at stuff” (a) too vague (b) a spelling mistake (c) too casual
38. 38.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Experiance: school library helper” (a) too vague (b) a spelling mistake (c) too casual
39. 39.True or false: “Helped in some events” is too casual for a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” (a) too casual (b) too vague (c) a spelling mistake

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