Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 195 · 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: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Was part of (c) Taught (d) Designed
4. 4.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Managed
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Created (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Led (d) Was part of
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Was involved in (c) Helped with stuff (d) Raised
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Tried to do (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
13. 13.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Did fair things (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Raised (c) Built (d) Was involved in
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Built (c) Just attended (d) Tried to do
19. 19.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with books (c) Was at the drive (d) Collected 300 books
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details (c) education (d) a short objective
22. 22.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) skills
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Created (c) Was there for (d) Was involved in
26. 26.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) oldest first (c) random order (d) latest first
27. 27.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was a helper
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Tried to do (c) Designed (d) Created
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Kind of handled
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Did some things (c) Organised (d) Taught
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Taught (c) Just attended (d) Organised
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
38. 38.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they confuse people (c) they look pretty (d) they fill space
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Led (c) Created (d) Did some things
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or hobbies and interests? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests

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