Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 160 · 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: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Created (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Led (c) Was part of (d) Was there for
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Was involved in
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Collected (c) Was part of (d) Kind of handled
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Led
13. 13.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Built the club website (c) Did some coding (d) Kind of helped
14. 14.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they confuse people (c) they show real results (d) they look pretty
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Raised
17. 17.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) name and contact details (d) skills
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Improved (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Created (c) Managed (d) Was there for
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Organised (d) Created
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Did some teaching (d) Helped with stuff
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Designed (c) Was there for (d) Taught
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Taught (c) Managed (d) Kind of handled
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
32. 32.📑 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
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Taught (c) Kind of handled (d) Managed
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Did some things
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
36. 36.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Did fair things (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Was at the fair
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Was part of (c) Raised (d) Built
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Just attended (d) Improved
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Led (d) Created

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