Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 357 · 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: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Built (c) Just attended (d) Helped with stuff
4. 4.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Was there for (d) Led
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Improved (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Built (c) Improved (d) Was part of
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Designed (d) Led
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
15. 15.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Was at the fair (c) Helped a bit (d) Did fair things
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Designed (c) Tried to do (d) Taught
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Tried to do (d) Built
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Led (c) Tried to do (d) Was involved in
25. 25.📑 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
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Did some things (c) Improved (d) Led
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Just attended (c) Improved (d) Built
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Was there for (c) Led (d) Created
32. 32.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they look pretty (c) they confuse people (d) they show real results
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was involved in (c) Led (d) Improved
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Taught (d) Kind of handled
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Created (c) Taught (d) Raised
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) latest first (d) alphabetical
39. 39.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Did some teaching
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Kind of handled (c) Managed (d) Collected

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