Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 235 · 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: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
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 is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught (d) Tried to do
4. 4.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was involved in (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they look pretty (c) they confuse people (d) they fill space
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
8. 8.📑 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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Helped with stuff (c) Led (d) Was involved in
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was involved in (c) Just attended (d) Created
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Was part of
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Collected (c) Raised (d) Led
15. 15.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Did collection stuff (d) Was part of it
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Led (c) Taught (d) Designed
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.📑 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
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Managed (c) Built (d) Just attended
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Collected (c) Tried to do (d) Was part of
24. 24.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Built the club website (c) Did some coding (d) Kind of helped
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
26. 26.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Helped a bit (c) Was at the fair (d) Ran the ticket desk
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Built (c) Kind of handled (d) Led
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Raised (c) Was involved in (d) Built
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details (c) a short objective (d) education
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Taught (c) Tried to do (d) Kind of handled
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Tried to do
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Just attended

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