Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

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

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