Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

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

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