Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 193 · 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 skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Was there for
3. 3.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
4. 4.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Kind of helped (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Just attended (d) Collected
6. 6.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education (c) name and contact details (d) a short objective
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Managed (c) Built (d) Designed
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Was part of (c) Led (d) Raised
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Helped with stuff (d) Raised
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Tried to do
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Kind of handled
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Raised (c) Taught (d) Kind of handled
16. 16.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Collected 300 books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things
17. 17.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some teaching (c) Was a helper (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
18. 18.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they look pretty (c) they show real results (d) they confuse people
19. 19.📑 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
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
21. 21.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Did fair things (d) Was at the fair
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Taught (c) Just attended (d) Collected
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Managed (c) Tried to do (d) Was part of
27. 27.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Improved
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was involved in (c) Built (d) Taught
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Was part of
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Led
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Built (d) Kind of handled
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was there for (d) Collected
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills

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