Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 331 · 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: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Raised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
3. 3.📑 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
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Raised (c) Kind of handled (d) Led
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Did some coding (c) Kind of helped (d) Was in the coding club
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Created (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
12. 12.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they show real results (c) they look pretty (d) they fill space
13. 13.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Tried to do (c) Improved (d) Managed
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Collected (c) Organised (d) Built
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Created (c) Kind of handled (d) Was part of
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Was part of it (c) Did collection stuff (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Built (c) Led (d) Was part of
22. 22.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) latest first (d) alphabetical
23. 23.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Did some teaching (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Helped with stuff
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Organised (c) Kind of handled (d) Created
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Led (d) Was involved in
26. 26.📝 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
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Created (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Managed (c) Just attended (d) Did some things
33. 33.📑 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
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) achievements (d) skills
36. 36.📑 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
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
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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