Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 187 · 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) Improved (c) Just attended (d) Helped with stuff
2. 2.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective (c) education (d) hobbies and interests
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Did some things (c) Created (d) Was there for
5. 5.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Built the club website (c) Kind of helped (d) Did some coding
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Led (c) Was part of (d) Did some things
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
11. 11.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Organised (d) Did some things
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Managed (d) Tried to do
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Managed (c) Collected (d) Kind of handled
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Was there for (c) Taught (d) Improved
18. 18.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Helped a bit (d) Did fair things
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
21. 21.📑 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
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Collected (c) Tried to do (d) Was there for
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
27. 27.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Was at the drive (c) Collected 300 books (d) Helped with books
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Improved (d) Was there for
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Helped with stuff (c) Designed (d) Taught
32. 32.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Managed (c) Did some things (d) Raised
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Did collection stuff (c) Was part of it (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Designed
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Helped with stuff (c) Collected (d) Organised
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education

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