Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 141 · 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) Was part of (c) Built (d) Organised
2. 2.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Led
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Organised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was there for
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Managed (c) Collected (d) Raised
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Improved (c) Collected (d) Helped with stuff
11. 11.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they confuse people (c) they show real results (d) they fill space
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Designed (b) Was involved in (c) Helped with stuff (d) Tried to do
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was a helper
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Collected (d) Just attended
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Did fair things (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
24. 24.📑 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
25. 25.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Was part of it (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Did collection stuff
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Organised (c) Built (d) Tried to do
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Was there for (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
28. 28.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Was in the coding club (c) Kind of helped (d) Did some coding
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
31. 31.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Just attended (c) Tried to do (d) Kind of handled
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Was involved in (c) Improved (d) Managed
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: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Was involved in (c) Organised (d) Kind of handled
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Was involved in (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Was part of (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Did some things (d) Managed

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