Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 151 · 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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Taught (c) Organised (d) Created
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.📑 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
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Did some things (c) Managed (d) Was involved in
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
12. 12.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Kind of helped (c) Was in the coding club (d) Built the club website
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Raised
16. 16.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Helped a bit (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Was at the fair
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Kind of handled (c) Built (d) Taught
18. 18.🔢 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
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Was part of (d) Collected
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Organised (d) Improved
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Created (c) Was involved in (d) Was there for
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
26. 26.📑 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
27. 27.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Was a helper (c) Did some teaching (d) Helped with stuff
28. 28.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) latest first
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Did some things (d) Designed
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Led (d) Tried to do
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Improved (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
32. 32.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Managed (c) Was part of (d) Raised
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do
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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Did some things (d) Tried to do
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
40. 40.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) skills (c) hobbies and interests (d) achievements

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