Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 27 · 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: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
2. 2.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) alphabetical (c) latest first (d) oldest first
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Led (c) Raised (d) Created
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Did some things (c) Was there for (d) Collected
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Built (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
8. 8.📑 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
9. 9.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Was part of it (d) Did collection stuff
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Did some things (c) Taught (d) Was part of
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: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Designed (c) Organised (d) Tried to do
15. 15.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Did fair things (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Helped a bit
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Just attended (d) Raised
17. 17.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Did some things (c) Helped with books (d) Collected 300 books
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
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 line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Was in the coding club (c) Built the club website (d) Did some coding
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Was part of (d) Led
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Led (c) Was involved in (d) Improved
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was a helper (c) Did some teaching (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Just attended
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Designed (c) Organised (d) Did some things
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Built
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Raised (c) Taught (d) Was part of
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Designed (d) Was there for
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Improved (c) Designed (d) Led
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was there for (d) Improved
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Led (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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