Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 204 · 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 section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) education (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
2. 2.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Kind of handled
3. 3.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Helped with books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Was there for (c) Created (d) Improved
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Raised (d) Was involved in
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Built (c) Taught (d) Created
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Organised
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Created
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Did some things
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Improved (c) Managed (d) Was involved in
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Managed
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or name and contact details? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
23. 23.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
27. 27.📑 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
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Was part of
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Collected (d) Kind of handled
31. 31.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) latest first (c) random order (d) alphabetical
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Was involved in (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was there for
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Designed (c) Led (d) Created
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was there for (d) Built
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
40. 40.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Kind of helped (c) Did some coding (d) Built the club website

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