Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 220 · 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 last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Designed (c) Kind of handled (d) Raised
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
5. 5.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they confuse people (c) they fill space (d) they look pretty
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Built the club website (c) Kind of helped (d) Was in the coding club
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Designed (c) Was part of (d) Was there for
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
12. 12.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Did fair things (d) Helped a bit
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Organised (d) Did some things
14. 14.📝 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
15. 15.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some teaching (c) Was a helper (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
16. 16.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Did collection stuff (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Was part of it
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Raised (c) Tried to do (d) Collected
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Built
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Created (c) Kind of handled (d) Was there for
24. 24.📑 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
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Kind of handled (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Created (c) Kind of handled (d) Did some things
28. 28.📑 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
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Managed (c) Taught (d) Was part of
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Improved (c) Collected (d) Was part of
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Managed
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Led (c) Created (d) Managed
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Raised
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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