Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 156 · 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 section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) education (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
6. 6.📑 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
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Tried to do
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Raised
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Raised (c) Taught (d) Helped with stuff
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Created (d) Was involved in
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Was at the fair (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Did fair things
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: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Helped with stuff (c) Designed (d) Led
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Led (c) Was involved in (d) Was part of
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
21. 21.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Was in the coding club (c) Did some coding (d) Built the club website
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Organised
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Kind of handled
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Did collection stuff (c) Was part of it (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
26. 26.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was a helper (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Was involved in (d) Taught
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Managed (c) Did some things (d) Collected
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Designed (c) Collected (d) Was involved in
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Collected (c) Did some things (d) Improved
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Built (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was involved in
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Improved (c) Was there for (d) Created
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Managed
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests

Free interview skills lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/interview-skills-for-students