Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

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

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