Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 277 · 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: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
2. 2.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Built the club website (c) Kind of helped (d) Was in the coding club
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
4. 4.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Did some teaching (d) Was a helper
5. 5.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they confuse people (c) they fill space (d) they show real results
6. 6.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Managed (d) Was there for
7. 7.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) achievements (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Just attended (d) Led
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Organised (c) Collected (d) Kind of handled
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Was there for (c) Built (d) Led
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Created (c) Built (d) Designed
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Just attended (c) Created (d) Kind of handled
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Designed (c) Collected (d) Kind of handled
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Managed
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Built (c) Was part of (d) Collected
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Helped a bit (c) Was at the fair (d) Ran the ticket desk
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Was there for (c) Just attended (d) Tried to do
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
35. 35.📑 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
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Was there for (d) Taught
40. 40.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Did some things (c) Helped with books (d) Was at the drive

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