Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

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

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