Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 318 · 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) Tried to do (c) Was there for (d) Organised
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Created (d) Did some things
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (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 is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Helped with stuff (c) Collected (d) Raised
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Built
8. 8.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) latest first (c) alphabetical (d) random order
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Did fair things (c) Helped a bit (d) Ran the ticket desk
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Helped with stuff (c) Improved (d) Tried to do
12. 12.📑 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was involved in (c) Led (d) Raised
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Just attended (d) Created
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Created (c) Led (d) Was there for
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Built (c) Collected (d) Tried to do
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Built (d) Led
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Kind of handled (c) Tried to do (d) Led
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Created
20. 20.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Was in the coding club (c) Did some coding (d) Kind of helped
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Managed (c) Created (d) Kind of handled
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Was part of
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Created (c) Kind of handled (d) Designed
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Managed (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Improved (d) Tried to do
31. 31.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective (c) education (d) name and contact details
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
33. 33.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Helped with books (c) Collected 300 books (d) Did some things
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.📑 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
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Raised
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Designed (d) Was there for

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