Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 360 · 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: hobbies and interests or name and contact details? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Collected 300 books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Was involved in (c) Improved (d) Organised
8. 8.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Was part of (c) Improved (d) Designed
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Collected
12. 12.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Kind of helped (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Built (c) Raised (d) Helped with stuff
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Taught (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was there for
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Was there for (d) Created
20. 20.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Helped a bit (c) Did fair things (d) Was at the fair
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Raised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Managed
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Did some things
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Built (c) Improved (d) Created
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Managed (c) Was part of (d) Kind of handled
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Improved (d) Was involved in
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was involved in (c) Helped with stuff (d) Organised
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Created (c) Built (d) Tried to do
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
33. 33.📑 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
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Was there for
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Created (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was there for
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
39. 39.📑 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
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Was there for (d) Led

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