Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 330 · 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: a short objective or name and contact details? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
6. 6.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was a helper (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
9. 9.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Was at the drive (c) Collected 300 books (d) Helped with books
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Tried to do (c) Just attended (d) Did some things
11. 11.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Was in the coding club (c) Did some coding (d) Kind of helped
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Led
16. 16.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they show real results (c) they confuse people (d) they look pretty
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Kind of handled (c) Managed (d) Just attended
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Collected
20. 20.📑 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
21. 21.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Was at the fair (c) Helped a bit (d) Ran the ticket desk
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Created (c) Did some things (d) Kind of handled
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught (c) Created (d) Raised
26. 26.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) alphabetical (c) latest first (d) random order
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Was part of (c) Was involved in (d) Did some things
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Designed (c) Managed (d) Built
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Collected (c) Built (d) Created
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Led (c) Built (d) Raised
31. 31.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Was part of it
32. 32.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Led (c) Was involved in (d) Created
33. 33.📑 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
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Taught
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or hobbies and interests? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests
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: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Tried to do (c) Managed (d) Led
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Led (c) Was part of (d) Improved

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