Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 180 · 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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Led (c) Improved (d) Kind of handled
3. 3.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective (c) education (d) hobbies and interests
4. 4.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Organised (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Led (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Led
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Was there for (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Designed (c) Organised (d) Kind of handled
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
16. 16.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some teaching (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Collected (c) Did some things (d) Created
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Managed (c) Led (d) Organised
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Raised (c) Collected (d) Was part of
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was involved in (c) Organised (d) Tried to do
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Led (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Created (d) Tried to do
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Collected (c) Taught (d) Tried to do
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Designed (c) Was there for (d) Collected
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Was there for (c) Raised (d) Created
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Taught (c) Was involved in (d) Organised
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
30. 30.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) name and contact details (c) achievements (d) hobbies and interests
31. 31.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) oldest first (d) alphabetical
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 weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Collected (c) Was part of (d) Organised
34. 34.📝 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
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Was part of
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Did some things (c) Led (d) Was part of
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was involved in (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Just attended (d) Raised
40. 40.📑 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

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