Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 301 · 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 hobbies and interests? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
3. 3.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Kind of helped
4. 4.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Did fair things (d) Helped a bit
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Raised (c) Did some things (d) Built
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) a short objective (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
13. 13.📑 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
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Taught (d) Helped with stuff
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Collected (c) Helped with stuff (d) Raised
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
18. 18.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they confuse people (c) they fill space (d) they look pretty
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Did some things (c) Was involved in (d) Organised
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Designed (c) Tried to do (d) Helped with stuff
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Did some things
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Managed (c) Was involved in (d) Improved
26. 26.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) random order (c) latest first (d) alphabetical
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Was part of (c) Improved (d) Managed
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) achievements (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Kind of handled (c) Created (d) Tried to do
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Built (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Led (c) Tried to do (d) Was there for
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Was there for (c) Built (d) Managed
39. 39.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Collected 300 books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Created (c) Led (d) Built

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