Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 245 · 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: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details (c) education (d) hobbies and interests
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Organised
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Collected (c) Led (d) Was there for
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Was there for (d) Created
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Was at the drive (c) Did some things (d) Helped with books
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Was there for (c) Did some things (d) Was involved in
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Managed (d) Taught
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Improved
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Managed (c) Tried to do (d) Kind of handled
17. 17.📝 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
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Raised (c) Created (d) Kind of handled
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Taught (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Designed (c) Created (d) Taught
23. 23.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) skills (d) name and contact details
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Just attended (d) Collected
27. 27.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) random order (c) latest first (d) oldest first
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Designed (c) Did some things (d) Was there for
29. 29.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Was part of it (d) Did collection stuff
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
32. 32.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Taught (c) Was involved in (d) Built
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Did some things (c) Taught (d) Organised
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Raised
37. 37.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Was at the fair (d) Did fair things
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Was there for
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
40. 40.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they fill space (c) they show real results (d) they look pretty

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