Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 348 · 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: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Led (c) Was there for (d) Organised
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Led (d) Kind of handled
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.📑 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
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Was there for (c) Was involved in (d) Kind of handled
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Was there for (c) Did some things (d) Kind of handled
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Improved (c) Kind of handled (d) Taught
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Was there for
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Raised (c) Taught (d) Built
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Was part of (c) Led (d) Raised
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Did some things (c) Raised (d) Was involved in
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Did some things (c) Organised (d) Was involved in
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Did some teaching (d) Helped with stuff
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Improved (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Built the club website (c) Did some coding (d) Kind of helped
24. 24.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) skills (d) name and contact details
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Organised (c) Taught (d) Kind of handled
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Created (c) Was part of (d) Organised
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Led (c) Created (d) Taught
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Raised
31. 31.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) a short objective (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Did some things (c) Organised (d) Collected
34. 34.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Did some things (c) Was at the drive (d) Collected 300 books
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Raised (c) Was involved in (d) Did some things
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Designed (c) Built (d) Just attended
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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