Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 326 · 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: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📝 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
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Improved (c) Collected (d) Led
5. 5.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) skills (d) achievements
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Led (c) Taught (d) Was part of
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Improved (c) Was there for (d) Did some things
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Organised (d) Was there for
18. 18.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Did some teaching (c) Was a helper (d) Helped with stuff
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Improved (c) Collected (d) Was part of
20. 20.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Created (c) Led (d) Was there for
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Did some things (c) Was there for (d) Built
23. 23.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Was there for
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) alphabetical (c) random order (d) oldest first
27. 27.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Was there for (d) Kind of handled
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Designed (c) Collected (d) Tried to do
29. 29.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Collected 300 books (c) Did some things (d) Was at the drive
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Was there for
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
36. 36.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Created (c) Raised (d) Designed
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Organised (c) Improved (d) Designed
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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