Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 109 · 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) Helped with stuff (b) Built (c) Was part of (d) Did some things
2. 2.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Did collection stuff (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Was part of it
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
6. 6.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) random order (c) latest first (d) oldest first
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Organised (c) Did some things (d) Led
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was involved in (c) Led (d) Was part of
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Was at the drive (c) Collected 300 books (d) Helped with books
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Designed (c) Created (d) Organised
14. 14.📑 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
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Raised
16. 16.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they confuse people (c) they fill space (d) they look pretty
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Built (c) Created (d) Collected
19. 19.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Was in the coding club (c) Built the club website (d) Kind of helped
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Organised (c) Taught (d) Was there for
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Did some things (c) Was there for (d) Collected
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Helped with stuff
28. 28.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Raised (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Was involved in
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was involved in (c) Improved (d) Just attended
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Just attended (c) Organised (d) Managed
36. 36.📑 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
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Collected (c) Designed (d) Did some things
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
40. 40.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests (c) education (d) name and contact details

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