Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 225 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Taught (c) Organised (d) Did some things
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Did some coding (c) Was in the coding club (d) Kind of helped
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Was there for (c) Built (d) Organised
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
12. 12.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first
13. 13.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they confuse people (c) they show real results (d) they look pretty
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Designed (c) Raised (d) Was part of
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) achievements (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Built (c) Was part of (d) Tried to do
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Was there for (c) Was part of (d) Just attended
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was involved in (c) Kind of handled (d) Designed
22. 22.📑 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
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Led (c) Raised (d) Just attended
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Was there for (c) Did some things (d) Was involved in
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Collected (c) Kind of handled (d) Taught
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Did some things
29. 29.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) a short objective
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Improved (c) Was part of (d) Created
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Managed (c) Improved (d) Tried to do
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Created (c) Tried to do (d) Helped with stuff
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was there for
36. 36.📑 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
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Tried to do

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