Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 338 · 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: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Collected (c) Tried to do (d) Created
3. 3.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they confuse people (c) they show real results (d) they look pretty
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Was there for (c) Created (d) Raised
6. 6.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Was in the coding club (c) Kind of helped (d) Did some coding
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Was there for (c) Organised (d) Improved
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Managed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Tried to do
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Created (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Was part of (c) Organised (d) Created
14. 14.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Was part of it (d) Did collection stuff
15. 15.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details (c) education (d) hobbies and interests
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Improved
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Designed (d) Helped with stuff
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Raised (c) Created (d) Just attended
20. 20.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with books (c) Collected 300 books (d) Was at the drive
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Collected
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Was involved in
27. 27.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Managed
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Raised (d) Did some things
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
33. 33.📑 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
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Kind of handled
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Organised
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Created
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Kind of handled (d) Raised
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Improved (c) Designed (d) Helped with stuff
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective

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