Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 258 · 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.🔢 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
2. 2.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Helped a bit (d) Did fair things
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Organised (c) Was there for (d) Was involved in
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or hobbies and interests? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Was in the coding club (c) Did some coding (d) Built the club website
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Collected (c) Kind of handled (d) Was involved in
9. 9.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Taught
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Collected (c) Did some things (d) Improved
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
13. 13.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some teaching (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Kind of handled (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Was involved in (c) Created (d) Designed
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
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.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some things (d) Was part of
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Was part of (c) Managed (d) Built
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
26. 26.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Was part of it (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Helped with fundraising
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Improved (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
29. 29.📑 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
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Taught (c) Raised (d) Was there for
31. 31.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Managed (c) Built (d) Kind of handled
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Designed (c) Managed (d) Built
36. 36.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) skills (d) achievements
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Tried to do (c) Led (d) Managed

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