Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 107 · 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 line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with books (c) Collected 300 books (d) Was at the drive
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Was involved in (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Built (c) Tried to do (d) Kind of handled
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
7. 7.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Kind of handled (c) Designed (d) Organised
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Was there for (d) Taught
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Tried to do (c) Kind of handled (d) Was involved in
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Managed (c) Was involved in (d) Tried to do
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Was involved in (d) Raised
20. 20.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Kind of helped (c) Built the club website (d) Did some coding
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Collected (c) Led (d) Was there for
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Designed (c) Organised (d) Helped with stuff
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Was involved in (c) Taught (d) Managed
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Organised (c) Collected (d) Was part of
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Just attended (c) Raised (d) Improved
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
33. 33.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they fill space (c) they confuse people (d) they show real results
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Did some things (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Improved
37. 37.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects

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