Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 208 · 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: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
3. 3.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) skills (d) name and contact details
4. 4.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Led (c) Was part of (d) Raised
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
6. 6.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Kind of handled (c) Just attended (d) Did some things
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Was involved in (c) Taught (d) Designed
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Was at the drive (c) Collected 300 books (d) Did some things
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Raised (c) Taught (d) Just attended
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Kind of helped
22. 22.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Was part of it (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Helped with fundraising
23. 23.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) alphabetical (c) random order (d) oldest first
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Was part of (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Led
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Organised (d) Kind of handled
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Raised (d) Helped with stuff
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
32. 32.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Collected (c) Kind of handled (d) Raised
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Organised (c) Tried to do (d) Built
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Led (c) Raised (d) Managed
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 hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
37. 37.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details (c) education (d) hobbies and interests
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Designed (c) Built (d) Was involved in
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Did some things (c) Collected (d) Helped with stuff
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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