Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 328 · 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 coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Did some coding (c) Was in the coding club (d) Built the club website
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Led (c) Kind of handled (d) Taught
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Did some things (d) Built
6. 6.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Did fair things (d) Helped a bit
7. 7.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) a short objective
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.📑 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
11. 11.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some teaching (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Built (d) Was there for
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Improved (c) Designed (d) Created
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Just attended (d) Raised
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Designed (c) Led (d) Organised
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Organised (c) Designed (d) Did some things
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Collected (c) Taught (d) Improved
24. 24.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they confuse people (c) they fill space (d) they show real results
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Managed (d) Did some things
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Managed (c) Tried to do (d) Improved
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Improved (c) Taught (d) Was part of
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Led (c) Was involved in (d) Did some things
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) latest first
35. 35.📑 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
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Was there for (c) Did some things (d) Kind of handled
39. 39.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Did collection stuff
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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