Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 191 · 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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) a short objective
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Collected (c) Was part of (d) Improved
6. 6.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Built the club website (c) Kind of helped (d) Was in the coding club
7. 7.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) skills
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Built (c) Taught (d) Kind of handled
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Taught (c) Did some things (d) Created
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Managed (c) Taught (d) Kind of handled
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or a short objective? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Designed (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Was part of
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Taught
19. 19.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Led (c) Just attended (d) Raised
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Built (c) Led (d) Improved
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
24. 24.📑 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
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Was part of (c) Improved (d) Collected
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Improved (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
30. 30.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they confuse people (c) they show real results (d) they fill space
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Tried to do (c) Created (d) Helped with stuff
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Designed (c) Led (d) Organised
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some things (d) Tried to do
40. 40.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Collected 300 books (c) Did some things (d) Helped with books

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