Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 170 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Raised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Improved
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Tried to do (c) Was involved in (d) Designed
4. 4.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they confuse people (c) they look pretty (d) they show real results
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Organised (c) Managed (d) Designed
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Collected (c) Improved (d) Taught
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Managed (c) Kind of handled (d) Created
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) oldest first (c) random order (d) latest first
14. 14.📑 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
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Did some things (c) Tried to do (d) Helped with stuff
19. 19.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective (c) education (d) hobbies and interests
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Created (b) Just attended (c) Tried to do (d) Helped with stuff
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
25. 25.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) achievements (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Organised (d) Kind of handled
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Tried to do (c) Improved (d) Managed
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: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Improved
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
33. 33.📑 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
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Improved (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Taught (c) Built (d) Was involved in
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests

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