Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 228 · 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.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they look pretty (c) they show real results (d) they fill space
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Taught (c) Raised (d) Tried to do
3. 3.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) random order (c) latest first (d) alphabetical
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
5. 5.📑 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Designed (d) Was there for
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Did some things (c) Designed (d) Built
9. 9.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Did some teaching (d) Was a helper
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Was there for
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Managed (c) Tried to do (d) Kind of handled
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Improved (c) Tried to do (d) Built
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Created
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Improved
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Improved (c) Was there for (d) Was part of
22. 22.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Built (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
24. 24.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Collected 300 books (c) Helped with books (d) Was at the drive
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Was part of (c) Managed (d) Was involved in
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Improved (c) Created (d) Kind of handled
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Was at the fair (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Led (c) Was part of (d) Raised
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 section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) name and contact details (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Kind of helped (c) Was in the coding club (d) Built the club website
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Was involved in (c) Led (d) Taught
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
40. 40.📑 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

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