Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 321 · 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 the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Did collection stuff (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Organised
3. 3.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
4. 4.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Was a helper (d) Helped with stuff
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Tried to do (c) Raised (d) Collected
6. 6.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Improved (c) Organised (d) Led
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or hobbies and interests? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Managed (c) Did some things (d) Led
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
11. 11.📑 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
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Managed (c) Just attended (d) Tried to do
15. 15.📝 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
16. 16.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) oldest first (d) alphabetical
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Did some things
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Raised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Collected (c) Organised (d) Was part of
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) name and contact details (d) skills
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Kind of handled (c) Did some things (d) Built
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Did some things (c) Was involved in (d) Kind of handled
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Just attended (c) Led (d) Was involved in
27. 27.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Created (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Was involved in
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Managed (c) Tried to do (d) Was part of
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Taught
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Collected (c) Was involved in (d) Just attended
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Was there for
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.📑 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
40. 40.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests (c) education (d) name and contact details

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