Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 213 · 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.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) latest first (d) alphabetical
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Created (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
4. 4.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Was at the fair (d) Helped a bit
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was involved in (c) Raised (d) Just attended
8. 8.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Helped with stuff
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Improved
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Improved (c) Managed (d) Was part of
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or a short objective? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective
15. 15.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Was part of it (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Did collection stuff
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Designed (b) Was part of (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Was involved in
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Was part of (c) Just attended (d) Tried to do
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was there for (d) Organised
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Led (c) Taught (d) Was there for
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Taught (c) Organised (d) Raised
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
26. 26.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with books (c) Was at the drive (d) Collected 300 books
27. 27.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) education
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Taught (c) Kind of handled (d) Was part of
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
32. 32.📝 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
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Kind of handled (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
34. 34.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) achievements
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Taught (c) Designed (d) Tried to do
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Kind of handled (c) Built (d) Improved
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Created (c) Helped with stuff (d) Tried to do
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests

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