Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 303 · 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: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Was involved in
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Kind of handled (c) Was involved in (d) Was there for
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was involved in (c) Designed (d) Just attended
7. 7.🔢 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
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught (d) Just attended
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Collected (c) Was part of (d) Managed
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
12. 12.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was a helper (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Did some teaching
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.📑 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
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Designed (c) Managed (d) Just attended
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Just attended (c) Led (d) Did some things
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Collected (d) Helped with stuff
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Built (c) Designed (d) Tried to do
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was involved in (c) Organised (d) Did some things
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Kind of handled (c) Led (d) Organised
29. 29.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Kind of helped (c) Built the club website (d) Was in the coding club
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Raised (c) Led (d) Was there for
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Collected (c) Raised (d) Was there for
32. 32.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Did fair things
33. 33.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) education
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Managed (c) Did some things (d) Taught
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Collected (c) Did some things (d) Just attended
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests

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