Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 155 · 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 strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Raised (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
4. 4.📑 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
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Improved (c) Organised (d) Helped with stuff
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
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: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
10. 10.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Collected (c) Built (d) Did some things
14. 14.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests (c) skills (d) name and contact details
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Raised (c) Improved (d) Was involved in
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Built (c) Managed (d) Was part of
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Managed (c) Led (d) Designed
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Organised (d) Kind of handled
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Managed (d) Just attended
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some things (d) Taught
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Taught (c) Collected (d) Was there for
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Raised
29. 29.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) oldest first (d) alphabetical
30. 30.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was a helper (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Did some teaching
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Collected (c) Created (d) Improved
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Collected
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Led (d) Tried to do
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
37. 37.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Helped with books (c) Did some things (d) Collected 300 books
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Raised (c) Managed (d) Designed
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Raised (c) Taught (d) Just attended
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective

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