Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 179 · 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) Did some things (b) Raised (c) Organised (d) Built
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Organised
4. 4.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) a short objective
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Tried to do (c) Taught (d) Organised
6. 6.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Did some things (c) Collected 300 books (d) Helped with books
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Designed (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was involved in (c) Collected (d) Was there for
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Built (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Raised (c) Tried to do (d) Helped with stuff
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Improved (c) Led (d) Kind of handled
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Led (c) Taught (d) Designed
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Just attended (c) Managed (d) Was involved in
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Was there for (c) Taught (d) Managed
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Built (c) Just attended (d) Designed
25. 25.📑 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
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.📑 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
28. 28.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Was at the fair (c) Helped a bit (d) Did fair things
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Collected (c) Designed (d) Taught
31. 31.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Kind of helped (c) Did some coding (d) Was in the coding club
32. 32.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Collected (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Was involved in (d) Built
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Led (c) Collected (d) Helped with stuff
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Organised (c) Improved (d) Was part of
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
38. 38.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Was part of it (d) Did collection stuff
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Collected

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