Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 275 · 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: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📑 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
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Organised (d) Kind of handled
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Created (c) Tried to do (d) Helped with stuff
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
6. 6.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they confuse people (c) they show real results (d) they look pretty
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Improved (c) Was involved in (d) Just attended
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Just attended (c) Designed (d) Raised
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
11. 11.📑 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
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Collected (c) Was there for (d) Raised
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
15. 15.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Was part of it (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Built (c) Was part of (d) Collected
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Just attended (c) Was there for (d) Organised
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Did some things (c) Built (d) Improved
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
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 of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Collected (c) Just attended (d) Designed
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Raised (c) Managed (d) Was part of
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Improved (c) Was involved in (d) Did some things
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was there for
36. 36.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Was at the fair (c) Did fair things (d) Helped a bit
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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