Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 215 · 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 a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
2. 2.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
3. 3.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Did some coding (d) Was in the coding club
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Did some things
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Organised (c) Built (d) Was there for
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Organised (c) Collected (d) Managed
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they look pretty (c) they confuse people (d) they fill space
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
16. 16.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Did fair things (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
17. 17.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) achievements
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Helped with stuff (c) Managed (d) Was there for
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Led (d) Was involved in
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Was there for
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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Was involved in (c) Just attended (d) Designed
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or name and contact details? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Designed (c) Organised (d) Did some things
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
31. 31.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Was part of (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Just attended (c) Collected (d) Did some things
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Tried to do (c) Was involved in (d) Did some things
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Was there for (c) Was involved in (d) Kind of handled
37. 37.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) oldest first (d) alphabetical
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
40. 40.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) a short objective

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