Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 222 · 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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Created (c) Kind of handled (d) Improved
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Organised (d) Tried to do
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Organised
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Raised
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Managed (d) Designed
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Was there for (d) Collected
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Improved (d) Did some things
10. 10.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Collected (c) Did some things (d) Taught
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Just attended (c) Raised (d) Built
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Led (c) Taught (d) Was part of
13. 13.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Did some teaching (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
14. 14.📑 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
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
17. 17.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Was part of it (c) Did collection stuff (d) Helped with fundraising
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Managed
19. 19.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) a short objective (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or name and contact details? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details
21. 21.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Was in the coding club (c) Kind of helped (d) Did some coding
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Designed (c) Did some things (d) Was involved in
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Just attended (c) Designed (d) Built
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Was part of (c) Led (d) Collected
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Led (c) Tried to do (d) Improved
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
31. 31.📑 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
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Was there for (d) Collected
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
35. 35.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Did fair things (c) Helped a bit (d) Ran the ticket desk
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Raised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Improved (d) Tried to do
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Created (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Just attended
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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