Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 264 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Tried to do (c) Organised (d) Collected
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Was in the coding club (c) Kind of helped (d) Built the club website
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Raised
5. 5.📑 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Did some things (c) Was there for (d) Built
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Tried to do (c) Created (d) Designed
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Designed (c) Built (d) Taught
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Managed (d) Helped with stuff
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Collected (c) Just attended (d) Led
18. 18.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Raised (c) Just attended (d) Was involved in
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Collected (c) Improved (d) Just attended
22. 22.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Was a helper (d) Helped with stuff
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
24. 24.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) oldest first (d) alphabetical
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Managed (c) Collected (d) Built
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Collected (c) Taught (d) Was there for
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Kind of handled (c) Was involved in (d) Was part of
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
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.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Was at the drive (c) Did some things (d) Collected 300 books
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Tried to do (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Kind of handled (c) Raised (d) Built
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.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) skills
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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