Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 200 · 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 line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Did some things (c) Helped with books (d) Collected 300 books
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Was at the fair (c) Helped a bit (d) Did fair things
4. 4.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) latest first (c) alphabetical (d) random order
5. 5.📑 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
6. 6.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Built (c) Was involved in (d) Organised
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Raised (c) Collected (d) Was part of
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Managed (c) Designed (d) Improved
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Built (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was involved in
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Taught (c) Designed (d) Tried to do
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Raised (c) Created (d) Did some things
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Was there for
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Taught (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Managed (d) Kind of handled
19. 19.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) a short objective (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
20. 20.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) achievements
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
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: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Improved
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Built (c) Kind of handled (d) Designed
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Did some things (d) Led
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Tried to do (d) Was part of
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Collected (c) Was involved in (d) Did some things
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Designed (c) Kind of handled (d) Did some things
37. 37.📑 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
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Kind of handled (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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