CV and job application spelling test – take our quiz

Can you spot these common CV spelling mistakes? Photograph: Alamy

Every third CV contains a spelling error, according to a 2015 study by Adzuna. But blunders like this could see your application heading straight for the bin. Take our quiz to find out if your spelling is good enough to impress an employer.

1. Which of the following is correct?

   1. Liaise

   2. Liase

   3. Liaze

   4. Laise

2. Which of the following is spelled incorrectly?

   1. Application

   2. Embarrass

   3. Experience

   4. Seperate

3. “I hope my application will be …”

   1. Sucessful

   2. Successful

   3. Succesful

   4. Sucessfull

4. Which word is spelt incorrectly in the following sentence? “At the paper production company, I have experience of producing all manner of stationary, from pencils to paperweights.”

   1. Paperweights

   2. Stationary

   3. Production

   4. Manner

5. Which of these words is spelt the American way?

   1. Jewelry

   2. Traveller

   3. Manoeuvre

   4. Unparallelled

6. How many spelling mistakes are there in this sentence? “Against his better jugement, Joe Bloggs applied for a goverment job which was financialy sound but ultimately disatisfying and innapropriate for the experience listing on his curriculum vitae."

   1. 2

   2. 8

   3. 6

   4. 4

7. Which of these words is spelled correctly?

   1. Responsibililty

   2. Responsibility

   3. Responsability

   4. Responsabillity

8. Fill in the blank with the correctly spelled word. If you’re good at talking you probably have … skills?

   1. Comunication

   2. Communnication

   3. Communication

   4. Comunnication

9. What letter is missing in the misspelled words from this sentence? “Millenials find it hard to conect with older people who are known for their outspokeness about tyranical dictators.”

   1. C

   2. T

   3. N

   4. I

10. Which of these words is spelled incorrectly?

    1. Embarrass

    2. Rhythm

    3. Neccessary

    4. Reference

Solutions

1:A, 2:D, 3:B, 4:B, 5:A, 6:C, 7:B, 8:C, 9:C, 10:C

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