Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 211 · 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 first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) achievements
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Just attended (c) Built (d) Helped with stuff
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Led (c) Created (d) Helped with stuff
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Did some things (c) Created (d) Improved
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Managed (c) Did some things (d) Kind of handled
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Improved
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Designed (c) Just attended (d) Helped with stuff
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Taught (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Collected (d) Tried to do
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Just attended (c) Collected (d) Was involved in
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Built (c) Was involved in (d) Led
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Collected
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Just attended (c) Improved (d) Taught
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
28. 28.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Was part of it
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
30. 30.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Kind of helped (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) random order
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they confuse people (c) they look pretty (d) they show real results
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Built (c) Created (d) Tried to do
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Built (d) Was there for
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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