Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 253 · 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.📑 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
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Tried to do (c) Taught (d) Improved
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Did some things (d) Designed
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Improved (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Collected (c) Was part of (d) Organised
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Kind of handled (d) Created
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they fill space (c) they confuse people (d) they show real results
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
18. 18.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) achievements
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Improved (c) Was there for (d) Kind of handled
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Taught (c) Improved (d) Was part of
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.📑 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
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was there for (c) Was part of (d) Led
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Raised (c) Led (d) Organised
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
30. 30.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Did some teaching (c) Was a helper (d) Helped with stuff
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Kind of handled
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Taught (c) Was there for (d) Organised
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Created (c) Did some things (d) Just attended
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Collected (c) Taught (d) Was involved in
36. 36.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective (c) education (d) name and contact details
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built

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