Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 219 · 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 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
2. 2.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Kind of handled (d) Was there for
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Led (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Built (c) Helped with stuff (d) Designed
7. 7.📝 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
8. 8.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) education
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Just attended (c) Was there for (d) Was involved in
10. 10.📝 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
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Managed
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Just attended (c) Led (d) Improved
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) latest first (c) random order (d) alphabetical
17. 17.🔢 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
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Built (d) Did some things
20. 20.📑 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
21. 21.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Helped with stuff
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Designed (d) Tried to do
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Created (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Led (c) Created (d) Did some things
25. 25.📑 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
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Was involved in (c) Did some things (d) Tried to do
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Improved (c) Just attended (d) Created
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Was part of (c) Improved (d) Designed
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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Did some things (c) Collected (d) Was part of
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Improved (c) Taught (d) Kind of handled
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Built (c) Tried to do (d) Led
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests

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