Résumé Worksheet: Mistakes to Avoid

Interview skills lesson 19: Résumé mistakes to avoid · Set 943 · 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.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: saving as PDF? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
2. 2.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) never proofreading (b) saving as PDF (c) tiny 8-point text (d) copying a friend’s CV
3. 3.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) a sensible file name (b) reading it aloud once (c) a teacher’s check (d) tiny 8-point text
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saving as PDF (b) tiny 8-point text (c) reading it aloud once (d) checking every number
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking every number (b) a file named final2 (c) never proofreading (d) adding fake prizes
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a file named final2 (b) reading it aloud once (c) same date format (d) a sensible file name
7. 7.True or false: “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” has a spelling mistake. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” (a) too casual (b) a spelling mistake (c) too vague
9. 9.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Objective: want a job lol” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
10. 10.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: mixed date formats? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading it aloud once (b) adding fake prizes (c) checking every number (d) a teacher’s check
12. 12.True or false: “Responsable for the class notice board” is too casual for a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) adding fake prizes (b) reading it aloud once (c) one font throughout (d) a sensible file name
14. 14.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Hobbies: chilling, sleeping, memes” (a) too vague (b) too casual (c) a spelling mistake
15. 15.⚠️ An interviewer finds a lie on your résumé. What is likely? (a) you get a bonus (b) nothing happens (c) you get promoted (d) you lose their trust
16. 16.True or false: “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” is too casual for a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) reading it aloud once (b) a file named final2 (c) a teacher’s check (d) saving as PDF
18. 18.🔍 What is the best way to catch spelling errors? (a) trust the first draft (b) add more words (c) proofread, ask someone (d) never re-read
19. 19.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Experiance: school library helper” (a) too casual (b) a spelling mistake (c) too vague
20. 20.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: adding fake prizes? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a teacher’s check (b) five font styles (c) copying a friend’s CV (d) a file named final2
22. 22.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) adding fake prizes (b) a file named final2 (c) a teacher’s check (d) tiny 8-point text
23. 23.True or false: “Hobbies: chilling, sleeping, memes” is too casual for a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “Good at many things” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: a teacher’s check? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
26. 26.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) adding fake prizes (b) copying a friend’s CV (c) a file named final2 (d) a sensible file name
27. 27.True or false: “Objective: want a job lol” is too vague. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Worked on a project” (a) too casual (b) a spelling mistake (c) too vague
29. 29.🚫 You won second place but write “First prize”. This is… (a) a typing error (b) a false claim (c) a small style choice (d) a good idea
30. 30.True or false: “Skils: typing, Hindi, English” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “Experiance: school library helper” is too casual for a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Skils: typing, Hindi, English” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too casual (c) too vague
33. 33.True or false: “Objective: want a job lol” is too casual for a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Did many activities” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
35. 35.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) a teacher’s check (b) mixed date formats (c) same date format (d) reading it aloud once
36. 36.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Email: cutiepie_2008@…” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
37. 37.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Skills: super good at stuff” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
38. 38.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Responsable for the class notice board” (a) too casual (b) too vague (c) a spelling mistake
39. 39.True or false: “Responsable for the class notice board” is too vague. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) copying a friend’s CV (b) checking every number (c) never proofreading (d) a file named final2

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