Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 238 · 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: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Organised (c) Did some things (d) Designed
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Improved (c) Raised (d) Created
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Raised (c) Created (d) Was involved in
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Created (b) Tried to do (c) Did some things (d) Just attended
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was involved in (c) Designed (d) Was there for
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they confuse people (c) they look pretty (d) they show real results
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Managed
17. 17.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Helped a bit (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Was at the fair
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Raised (c) Was there for (d) Built
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: name and contact details or a short objective? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Kind of handled
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Was part of
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Improved (c) Was part of (d) Organised
26. 26.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Was in the coding club
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Tried to do (c) Taught (d) Built
31. 31.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Just attended (c) Improved (d) Was part of
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Was part of (c) Was there for (d) Did some things
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Organised (c) Was there for (d) Just attended
37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Raised (c) Taught (d) Was there for
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Managed (d) Helped with stuff
39. 39.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) skills (d) name and contact details
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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