Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 308 · 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: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
3. 3.📑 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
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Was involved in (c) Designed (d) Organised
6. 6.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Did fair things (c) Was at the fair (d) Ran the ticket desk
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Kind of handled
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Collected (c) Raised (d) Helped with stuff
9. 9.📑 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
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests (c) skills (d) name and contact details
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Managed
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Managed
15. 15.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was a helper
16. 16.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they show real results (c) they look pretty (d) they fill space
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Just attended (c) Was there for (d) Was involved in
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Managed (c) Taught (d) Built
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Managed (d) Raised
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Organised (d) Helped with stuff
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
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: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Raised
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Managed
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Improved (c) Kind of handled (d) Managed
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Built (d) Just attended
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Designed (c) Raised (d) Was there for
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) oldest first (c) random order (d) latest first
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Created (d) Tried to do
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests

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