Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 209 · 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.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they fill space (c) they look pretty (d) they show real results
2. 2.📑 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
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
4. 4.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) skills (c) achievements (d) hobbies and interests
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was there for (c) Raised (d) Was part of
9. 9.📝 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
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Did some things (c) Just attended (d) Led
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Collected
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Managed (c) Improved (d) Was involved in
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Organised (d) Was involved in
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Tried to do (c) Organised (d) Built
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Did some things
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Led (c) Raised (d) Designed
18. 18.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) a short objective (d) education
19. 19.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) random order
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Just attended (c) Collected (d) Organised
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Collected (c) Raised (d) Tried to do
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Led (c) Kind of handled (d) Just attended
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
26. 26.📑 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
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Collected
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Built (c) Managed (d) Taught
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
32. 32.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Was in the coding club
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Built (d) Was part of
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Collected (d) Was part of
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Improved (c) Created (d) Organised
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was involved in (c) Organised (d) Just attended

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