Interview skills · lesson 18 of 24 · free

Résumé order and action verbs — Interview skills for students

Recruiters skim a résumé in seconds, so the usual order helps them: name and contact details at the top, then a short objective, education (latest first), then skills, projects and achievements, and hobbies and interests at the end. Start each line with an action verb and add a number: “Collected 300 books in two weeks” beats “Was part of the book drive”.

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Verb + what + number — “start each line with an action verb and show the result”

  1. Usual order: name and contact details → a short objective → education → skills, projects, achievements → hobbies and interests.
  2. Strong action verbs: Led, Organised, Built, Designed, Taught, Raised, Created, Managed, Improved, Collected. Weak: “Was part of”, “Helped with stuff”, “Was involved in”.
  3. Add a number for the result: 6 students taught, ₹8,000 raised, 300 books collected. In education, list the latest first.

Use it for: Writing or updating any résumé, application form or online profile summary.

Worked example: 📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? → a short objective

  1. The usual order is name and contact → objective → education → skills, projects, achievements → hobbies.
  2. So a short objective comes before education.

Check: Try it: rewrite one of your activities as a résumé line that starts with an action verb and includes a number ✓

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