Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 139 · 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) Managed (c) Raised (d) Taught
2. 2.📑 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
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
4. 4.📑 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
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Led (d) Tried to do
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they look pretty (c) they show real results (d) they fill space
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Designed (d) Did some things
13. 13.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Helped a bit (c) Was at the fair (d) Ran the ticket desk
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Built (c) Organised (d) Created
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Created
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Created (c) Managed (d) Raised
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Kind of handled (c) Tried to do (d) Led
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Just attended (c) Managed (d) Was involved in
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Led (c) Organised (d) Kind of handled
23. 23.📑 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
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Created (c) Collected (d) Built
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Kind of handled (c) Was involved in (d) Collected
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
27. 27.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Improved
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Built (c) Raised (d) Organised
29. 29.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) a short objective (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Raised (c) Tried to do (d) Kind of handled
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Collected (c) Raised (d) Was involved in
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Was part of (d) Organised
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.📑 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
38. 38.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Did collection stuff (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Improved (c) Organised (d) Built
40. 40.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) oldest first (c) random order (d) alphabetical

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