Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 223 · 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 projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Organised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they show real results (c) they confuse people (d) they look pretty
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Just attended (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
9. 9.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Just attended (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Led (c) Just attended (d) Organised
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Kind of handled
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Collected (c) Did some things (d) Just attended
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Just attended (c) Helped with stuff (d) Improved
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Collected 300 books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
20. 20.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Did fair things
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Raised (c) Built (d) Did some things
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
23. 23.📑 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
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Designed (c) Taught (d) Collected
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Led (d) Did some things
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Designed (c) Created (d) Was part of
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Kind of handled (d) Built
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Organised (c) Did some things (d) Raised
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Raised (c) Built (d) Kind of handled
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
32. 32.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Created (d) Just attended
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Organised (b) Tried to do (c) Was involved in (d) Was there for
36. 36.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) alphabetical (c) random order (d) oldest first
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Taught (c) Did some things (d) Kind of handled
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Organised (c) Was involved in (d) Collected
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was involved in (c) Helped with stuff (d) Raised

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