Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 110 · 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 of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Led (c) Collected (d) Just attended
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was involved in (c) Built (d) Improved
3. 3.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) a short objective
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Improved (c) Was there for (d) Collected
6. 6.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) skills (d) name and contact details
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Built (d) Tried to do
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Created
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Designed (c) Led (d) Kind of handled
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Collected (c) Improved (d) Did some things
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
15. 15.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some teaching (d) Was a helper
16. 16.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Did fair things
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Kind of handled (c) Created (d) Organised
19. 19.📝 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
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Managed (c) Built (d) Led
21. 21.📑 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
22. 22.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Did some things (c) Collected 300 books (d) Was at the drive
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Kind of handled (d) Managed
26. 26.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) latest first
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Led (c) Collected (d) Helped with stuff
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Designed (d) Kind of handled
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Organised (d) Kind of handled
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Taught (d) Kind of handled
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
36. 36.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Was part of it
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Managed (c) Improved (d) Taught
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Led (d) Managed

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