Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 304 · 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) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Led (d) Kind of handled
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Was part of (c) Collected (d) Led
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Managed
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) name and contact details (d) skills
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Designed (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Was part of (c) Improved (d) Tried to do
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Collected 300 books (c) Was at the drive (d) Helped with books
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Kind of handled (c) Built (d) Improved
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) name and contact details (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Organised
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught (c) Was there for (d) Just attended
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) latest first
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Kind of handled
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
31. 31.📑 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
32. 32.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Created
33. 33.📝 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
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Organised (c) Created (d) Just attended
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Created (d) Kind of handled
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Was part of

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