Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 340 · 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: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
3. 3.📑 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
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was there for (d) Managed
6. 6.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Kind of helped (c) Was in the coding club (d) Built the club website
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Was part of (c) Built (d) Created
8. 8.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Did collection stuff (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Did some things (c) Kind of handled (d) Raised
11. 11.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Did some things (c) Helped with books (d) Was at the drive
12. 12.📑 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
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Was there for (d) Organised
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Improved
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
18. 18.📑 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
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Organised (c) Managed (d) Improved
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Raised (c) Built (d) Collected
21. 21.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Was at the fair (d) Helped a bit
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
23. 23.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
25. 25.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) a short objective (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Led (c) Created (d) Organised
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Improved (c) Designed (d) Created
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Just attended (c) Raised (d) Improved
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Collected (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Managed
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Did some things (c) Was involved in (d) Was part of
39. 39.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Designed (c) Tried to do (d) Created

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