Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 100 · 40 questions

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

1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Built (c) Tried to do (d) Collected
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
3. 3.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some teaching (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
4. 4.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Created (c) Collected (d) Kind of handled
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) oldest first (c) random order (d) latest first
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Led
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Improved (c) Organised (d) Raised
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
12. 12.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Was in the coding club (c) Did some coding (d) Kind of helped
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Helped a bit (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Was at the fair
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Built (c) Was involved in (d) Kind of handled
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Collected (c) Was there for (d) Was involved in
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Taught (c) Designed (d) Collected
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or a short objective? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Improved (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Was there for (c) Did some things (d) Was involved in
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Helped with stuff (c) Created (d) Collected
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Did some things (c) Led (d) Just attended
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Created (c) Was there for (d) Raised
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Improved (c) Tried to do (d) Led
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Managed (d) Did some things
36. 36.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) a short objective (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
38. 38.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) achievements
39. 39.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with books (c) Collected 300 books (d) Was at the drive
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details

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