Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 201 · 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: name and contact details or hobbies and interests? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests
2. 2.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Was part of it (c) Did collection stuff (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
3. 3.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Did some things (c) Was at the drive (d) Helped with books
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Taught (c) Was there for (d) Collected
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.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Raised (c) Led (d) Was part of
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Kind of handled (c) Designed (d) Led
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Created (c) Did some things (d) Led
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Improved (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Led (c) Kind of handled (d) Was part of
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Improved (d) Tried to do
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Raised
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
20. 20.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) achievements
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Was part of
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
27. 27.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was involved in (c) Managed (d) Tried to do
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Raised (d) Was involved in
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
30. 30.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Taught (c) Collected (d) Designed
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
33. 33.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Led (c) Organised (d) Created
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Created (c) Was involved in (d) Managed
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Tried to do
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
40. 40.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Was in the coding club (c) Kind of helped (d) Built the club website

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