Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 339 · 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: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📑 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
3. 3.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Did some coding (d) Was in the coding club
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Just attended
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Designed (c) Kind of handled (d) Managed
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Taught (c) Organised (d) Was there for
10. 10.📑 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
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Did collection stuff (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
17. 17.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Did some teaching
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Managed (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Did some things (c) Was there for (d) Managed
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Did some things (d) Organised
23. 23.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they fill space (c) they show real results (d) they look pretty
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
25. 25.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Helped with books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Did some things (c) Organised (d) Just attended
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Collected (c) Raised (d) Kind of handled
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
32. 32.📑 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
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Taught (c) Created (d) Did some things
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Did some things (c) Built (d) Was part of
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: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Managed (c) Was there for (d) Designed
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Managed (c) Created (d) Tried to do

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