Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 366 · 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 education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📑 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
4. 4.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Was there for (c) Led (d) Created
5. 5.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Collected 300 books (c) Helped with books (d) Did some things
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Designed (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Created (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Kind of handled (c) Created (d) Helped with stuff
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Tried to do (c) Kind of handled (d) Was there for
11. 11.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Did fair things (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Was at the fair
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Tried to do (c) Improved (d) Raised
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Just attended
17. 17.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Managed (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Created (c) Was involved in (d) Led
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Taught (d) Was part of
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Kind of handled (c) Managed (d) Led
25. 25.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) latest first (c) alphabetical (d) random order
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Led (c) Tried to do (d) Managed
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
30. 30.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) a short objective (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Built (d) Kind of handled
35. 35.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Did some coding (c) Kind of helped (d) Was in the coding club
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Was part of (c) Raised (d) Managed
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Designed (c) Collected (d) Taught
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Organised (c) Was there for (d) Built
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Taught (c) Raised (d) Created

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