Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 329 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Created (c) Tried to do (d) Managed
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
3. 3.📑 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
4. 4.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Was part of (c) Designed (d) Led
5. 5.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Did some things (c) Helped with books (d) Was at the drive
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Created (c) Improved (d) Just attended
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Kind of handled
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Managed (d) Was part of
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Raised (c) Led (d) Created
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Was in the coding club (c) Did some coding (d) Built the club website
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Created (c) Managed (d) Was involved in
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
19. 19.📑 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
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Kind of handled
22. 22.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Helped a bit (c) Did fair things (d) Was at the fair
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Kind of handled (c) Improved (d) Helped with stuff
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Was involved in
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Built (d) Tried to do
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Taught (c) Organised (d) Did some things
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Was part of
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Led (c) Was part of (d) Just attended
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) name and contact details (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Built (c) Organised (d) Created
39. 39.📑 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
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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