Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 307 · 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: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
3. 3.📝 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
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
6. 6.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Was part of (c) Led (d) Improved
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Raised (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
8. 8.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests (c) education (d) name and contact details
9. 9.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Was in the coding club (c) Built the club website (d) Kind of helped
10. 10.📝 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Managed
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Managed (c) Was there for (d) Raised
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Created (c) Raised (d) Was involved in
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Was there for
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Improved (c) Led (d) Was part of
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Raised (c) Was there for (d) Kind of handled
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Led (c) Was involved in (d) Built
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Was part of (d) Led
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Created (c) Collected (d) Built
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
29. 29.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) skills (d) name and contact details
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Taught (c) Created (d) Led
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Organised (d) Did some things
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Just attended (c) Built (d) Was part of
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Tried to do (c) Managed (d) Led
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Raised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
38. 38.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was a helper
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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