Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 166 · 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: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Kind of handled
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Was involved in (d) Led
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Led (c) Improved (d) Tried to do
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Managed (d) Led
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Kind of handled (c) Did some things (d) Was there for
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught (d) Was there for
14. 14.📑 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
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
18. 18.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Was in the coding club
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Raised (c) Did some things (d) Kind of handled
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Helped with stuff (c) Managed (d) Was there for
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Did some things (c) Created (d) Designed
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Improved (c) Was there for (d) Built
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
25. 25.📑 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
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Taught (c) Raised (d) Did some things
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Created (c) Was involved in (d) Kind of handled
31. 31.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) education
32. 32.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Was part of it (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Did collection stuff
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Designed (c) Kind of handled (d) Raised
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Created (c) Tried to do (d) Helped with stuff
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Raised (c) Organised (d) Created
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Just attended (c) Led (d) Built
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Built
39. 39.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) achievements
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Raised (c) Kind of handled (d) Designed

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