Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 237 · 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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Improved (c) Taught (d) Organised
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Did some things
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Tried to do (c) Taught (d) Designed
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Designed (c) Improved (d) Built
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Managed (c) Kind of handled (d) Collected
8. 8.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Did some things (c) Helped with books (d) Collected 300 books
9. 9.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Did collection stuff (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Was part of it
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Did some things
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Improved (d) Tried to do
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
14. 14.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) achievements (d) skills
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Improved (c) Kind of handled (d) Managed
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Did fair things (c) Helped a bit (d) Ran the ticket desk
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Tried to do (c) Raised (d) Improved
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Just attended (c) Tried to do (d) Built
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Designed (d) Was there for
24. 24.📑 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
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Led (c) Helped with stuff (d) Designed
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Created (c) Managed (d) Organised
27. 27.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some teaching (c) Was a helper (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Was involved in (c) Tried to do (d) Was there for
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Did some things
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Created
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Created (c) Was there for (d) Designed
34. 34.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) random order (c) oldest first (d) alphabetical
35. 35.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Kind of helped (c) Built the club website (d) Did some coding
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Was involved in (c) Tried to do (d) Was there for
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Just attended (d) Improved
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Raised (c) Designed (d) Taught
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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