Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 106 · 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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📑 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
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Kind of handled (c) Raised (d) Improved
4. 4.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Taught (c) Improved (d) Did some things
7. 7.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Kind of helped (c) Did some coding (d) Was in the coding club
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Did some things (d) Built
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Just attended
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or name and contact details? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or hobbies and interests? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Was part of (c) Created (d) Organised
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Managed (d) Just attended
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Led
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught (d) Did some things
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Created (c) Kind of handled (d) Taught
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Managed (d) Created
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Collected (c) Organised (d) Improved
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Helped with stuff (c) Collected (d) Kind of handled
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
26. 26.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) a short objective (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
28. 28.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) latest first (c) random order (d) oldest first
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Kind of handled
32. 32.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Did fair things (c) Was at the fair (d) Ran the ticket desk
33. 33.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they look pretty (c) they confuse people (d) they show real results
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Raised (c) Designed (d) Organised
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Created (c) Led (d) Was there for
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Did some things (c) Organised (d) Led
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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