Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 278 · 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) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Organised
2. 2.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Was part of (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
6. 6.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Taught (c) Did some things (d) Collected
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Was there for
9. 9.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Was at the fair (d) Helped a bit
10. 10.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Organised (c) Designed (d) Did some things
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Organised (c) Did some things (d) Was part of
12. 12.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Was at the drive (c) Collected 300 books (d) Helped with books
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Collected (c) Improved (d) Raised
14. 14.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Did some coding (d) Was in the coding club
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they fill space (c) they show real results (d) they look pretty
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Designed (c) Managed (d) Taught
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Improved (c) Designed (d) Built
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Did collection stuff (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Just attended (d) Created
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
36. 36.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Raised (c) Kind of handled (d) Did some things
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests

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