Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 284 · 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) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Just attended (d) Managed
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Was part of (c) Collected (d) Designed
4. 4.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Organised (c) Kind of handled (d) Built
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught (d) Organised
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Was there for
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Helped with stuff (c) Built (d) Improved
10. 10.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Led (c) Raised (d) Was there for
11. 11.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Collected 300 books (c) Did some things (d) Was at the drive
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Raised (c) Tried to do (d) Designed
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
14. 14.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Led
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Improved (c) Organised (d) Just attended
19. 19.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first
20. 20.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Did some coding (c) Was in the coding club (d) Built the club website
21. 21.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was a helper (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Designed (d) Tried to do
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Designed (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was there for
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
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.📑 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
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Raised
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Kind of handled
37. 37.📑 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
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Organised (c) Built (d) Collected
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Tried to do (c) Designed (d) Managed

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