Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 234 · 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) Kind of handled (b) Was involved in (c) Just attended (d) Built
2. 2.📑 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
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📑 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
5. 5.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Did some things (c) Collected 300 books (d) Was at the drive
6. 6.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Managed
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Just attended
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
10. 10.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Did some things (c) Organised (d) Collected
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
12. 12.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Did some teaching (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Just attended (c) Did some things (d) Designed
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Built (c) Raised (d) Just attended
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Improved
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Designed (c) Organised (d) Managed
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
18. 18.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Was in the coding club (c) Did some coding (d) Built the club website
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Taught (c) Built (d) Was part of
20. 20.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) skills
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
22. 22.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) a short objective (d) education
23. 23.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Was at the fair (c) Did fair things (d) Helped a bit
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Created (c) Was part of (d) Taught
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they fill space (c) they confuse people (d) they show real results
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Was there for
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Collected
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Was there for (d) Collected
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Raised (c) Kind of handled (d) Managed
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Created (d) Did some things
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Tried to do (c) Was there for (d) Was involved in
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details

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