Résumé Worksheet: Mistakes to Avoid

Interview skills lesson 19: Résumé mistakes to avoid · Set 96 · 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: adding fake prizes? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never proofreading (b) mixed date formats (c) five font styles (d) checking every number
3. 3.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) one font throughout (b) never proofreading (c) copying a friend’s CV (d) a file named final2
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saving as PDF (b) mixed date formats (c) same date format (d) a sensible file name
5. 5.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) a file named final2 (b) mixed date formats (c) a teacher’s check (d) tiny 8-point text
6. 6.🔍 What is the best way to catch spelling errors? (a) never re-read (b) trust the first draft (c) add more words (d) proofread, ask someone
7. 7.True or false: “Good at many things” is too casual for a résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) reading it aloud once (b) saving as PDF (c) same date format (d) a file named final2
9. 9.📅 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
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same date format (b) adding fake prizes (c) reading it aloud once (d) one font throughout
11. 11.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” (a) too casual (b) too vague (c) a spelling mistake
12. 12.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Hobbies: chilling, sleeping, memes” (a) too vague (b) too casual (c) a spelling mistake
13. 13.True or false: “Worked on a project” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “Helped in some events” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “Responsable for the class notice board” has a spelling mistake. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: a sensible file name? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
17. 17.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Skills: super good at stuff” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a teacher’s check (b) saving as PDF (c) same date format (d) never proofreading
19. 19.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) five font styles (b) reading it aloud once (c) copying a friend’s CV (d) a file named final2
20. 20.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) same date format (b) copying a friend’s CV (c) never proofreading (d) adding fake prizes
21. 21.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Helped in some events” (a) too casual (b) too vague (c) a spelling mistake
22. 22.True or false: “Helped in some events” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixed date formats (b) adding fake prizes (c) tiny 8-point text (d) saving as PDF
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking every number (b) tiny 8-point text (c) one font throughout (d) saving as PDF
25. 25.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) checking every number (b) same date format (c) a teacher’s check (d) copying a friend’s CV
26. 26.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Good at many things” (a) too vague (b) a spelling mistake (c) too casual
27. 27.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: a file named final2? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
28. 28.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Email: cutiepie_2008@…” (a) too casual (b) a spelling mistake (c) too vague
29. 29.True or false: “Did many activities” is too vague. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) copying a friend’s CV (b) a sensible file name (c) mixed date formats (d) a file named final2
31. 31.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Experiance: school library helper” (a) too casual (b) too vague (c) a spelling mistake
32. 32.True or false: “Did many activities” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Skils: typing, Hindi, English” (a) too vague (b) too casual (c) a spelling mistake
34. 34.True or false: “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Responsable for the class notice board” is too vague. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: same date format? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
37. 37.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Worked on a project” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
38. 38.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) copying a friend’s CV (b) tiny 8-point text (c) never proofreading (d) checking every number
39. 39.⚠️ An interviewer finds a lie on your résumé. What is likely? (a) you get a bonus (b) you get promoted (c) you lose their trust (d) nothing happens
40. 40.True or false: “Objective: want a job lol” has a spelling mistake. (a) False (b) True

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