Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 171 · 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.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) oldest first (c) random order (d) latest first
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Was part of
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Just attended (c) Created (d) Collected
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) a short objective (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Collected
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Tried to do (c) Organised (d) Did some things
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Improved (c) Did some things (d) Collected
12. 12.📑 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
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Was there for
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Improved (c) Taught (d) Did some things
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Kind of handled (c) Managed (d) Raised
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Kind of handled (d) Was involved in
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Collected 300 books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things
22. 22.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Did collection stuff (d) Was part of it
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Designed (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Improved (c) Just attended (d) Collected
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
29. 29.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Did some teaching (d) Helped with stuff
30. 30.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Did fair things (d) Helped a bit
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Improved
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
33. 33.📝 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
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Managed (c) Tried to do (d) Just attended
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Collected
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
37. 37.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) skills (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Collected (c) Led (d) Tried to do
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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