Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 153 · 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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Did some things (c) Just attended (d) Kind of handled
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Taught (d) Was involved in
4. 4.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Kind of handled
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Just attended (c) Created (d) Organised
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.📑 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
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Did fair things (d) Helped a bit
10. 10.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Did some coding (d) Was in the coding club
11. 11.📑 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
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Organised (c) Raised (d) Helped with stuff
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Just attended (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Was there for
15. 15.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Did some things (c) Was at the drive (d) Collected 300 books
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
17. 17.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) skills (d) achievements
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Managed
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Managed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Just attended (c) Organised (d) Was involved in
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Led (c) Managed (d) Built
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Designed
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Led (c) Collected (d) Helped with stuff
26. 26.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) a short objective
27. 27.📑 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
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
32. 32.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Was part of (c) Designed (d) Led
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Led (c) Was there for (d) Created
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
39. 39.📑 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
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects

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