Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 319 · 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 line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Was a helper (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some teaching
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
3. 3.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Was at the drive (c) Helped with books (d) Collected 300 books
4. 4.📑 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
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
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: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Designed (c) Managed (d) Helped with stuff
12. 12.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Built (c) Led (d) Did some things
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Taught (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was there for
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was involved in (c) Raised (d) Was there for
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Was part of (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
22. 22.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) skills
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Organised (c) Created (d) Was involved in
25. 25.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) name and contact details (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Organised (c) Did some things (d) Led
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Designed (c) Organised (d) Raised
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Did collection stuff (d) Was part of it
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Taught (d) Raised
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Just attended (c) Designed (d) Led
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects

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