Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

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

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