Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 333 · 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: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Organised (b) Did some things (c) Tried to do (d) Just attended
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Was part of (d) Designed
4. 4.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Designed (b) Tried to do (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Just attended (c) Taught (d) Organised
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Built (c) Created (d) Just attended
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was a helper (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Improved (c) Collected (d) Created
13. 13.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they fill space (c) they look pretty (d) they show real results
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Managed (d) Did some things
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Tried to do (d) Raised
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Created (d) Tried to do
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Led (c) Raised (d) Was there for
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Was involved in (d) Improved
22. 22.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests (c) skills (d) name and contact details
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
25. 25.📝 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
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Created (c) Managed (d) Kind of handled
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Led (d) Just attended
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Helped with stuff
29. 29.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details (c) education (d) hobbies and interests
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Built (c) Managed (d) Improved
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Built (c) Designed (d) Was part of
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Improved (c) Kind of handled (d) Built
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Kind of handled
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Managed (c) Created (d) Was involved in
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught (d) Tried to do
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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