Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 128 · 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) Improved (b) Designed (c) Created (d) Was there for
2. 2.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Improved (c) Did some things (d) Kind of handled
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Managed (c) Was involved in (d) Raised
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
6. 6.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Was part of (c) Collected (d) Built
7. 7.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Was at the fair (c) Did fair things (d) Helped a bit
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Created (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
10. 10.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Designed (c) Led (d) Kind of handled
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Taught
13. 13.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Did some teaching (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Helped with books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Organised
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Built (c) Designed (d) Led
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Did some things (d) Built
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
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.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) oldest first (c) latest first (d) random order
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Collected (c) Organised (d) Taught
25. 25.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) skills
26. 26.📑 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
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
28. 28.📑 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
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was involved in (c) Did some things (d) Built
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Built (c) Created (d) Raised
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Tried to do (c) Kind of handled (d) Did some things
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or name and contact details? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills

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