Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 254 · 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 involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Built (d) Was part of
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Collected (c) Kind of handled (d) Was part of
5. 5.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Kind of helped
6. 6.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they show real results (c) they fill space (d) they look pretty
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Was part of (c) Built (d) Created
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was there for (c) Built (d) Helped with stuff
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Led (c) Organised (d) Improved
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
15. 15.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) achievements
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was involved in (c) Taught (d) Was there for
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Created
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.📑 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
22. 22.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Did fair things (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
23. 23.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Was there for (c) Built (d) Raised
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught (c) Kind of handled (d) Was part of
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Collected 300 books (c) Did some things (d) Was at the drive
28. 28.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Improved (c) Organised (d) Collected
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Designed (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Led (d) Was there for
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Tried to do (c) Improved (d) Taught

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