Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 343 · 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.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Kind of helped (c) Built the club website (d) Did some coding
2. 2.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details (c) achievements (d) skills
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Did some things
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Was involved in (c) Collected (d) Led
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Raised (c) Built (d) Managed
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Raised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Kind of handled (c) Organised (d) Managed
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Just attended (c) Raised (d) Improved
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Organised (c) Tried to do (d) Collected
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Did some things (c) Created (d) Collected
25. 25.🔢 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
26. 26.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
29. 29.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some teaching (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
30. 30.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
34. 34.📑 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
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Taught (c) Built (d) Was part of
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Did some things (c) Taught (d) Created
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Collected (d) Was involved in
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Just attended (d) Improved
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Organised
40. 40.📑 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

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