Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 324 · 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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
2. 2.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education (c) a short objective (d) name and contact details
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Collected (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
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: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Collected (c) Improved (d) Taught
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Taught (c) Was there for (d) Was part of
14. 14.📑 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
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Tried to do
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Tried to do (d) Was involved in
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Organised (c) Tried to do (d) Just attended
19. 19.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Did some teaching
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Created (d) Was part of
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Did some things (c) Was there for (d) Just attended
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Improved (c) Led (d) Built
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Was there for
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Organised (c) Did some things (d) Created
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Did collection stuff (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Helped with fundraising
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Collected (c) Kind of handled (d) Was part of
33. 33.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
35. 35.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Kind of helped (c) Did some coding (d) Was in the coding club
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Was part of (d) Managed
37. 37.📑 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
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Was part of
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects

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