Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 367 · 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: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
2. 2.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Kind of handled (c) Tried to do (d) Taught
3. 3.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) alphabetical (c) random order (d) latest first
4. 4.📑 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
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Was involved in (c) Did some things (d) Tried to do
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Built (c) Tried to do (d) Was there for
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was there for (c) Did some things (d) Built
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Just attended (c) Created (d) Collected
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Built (c) Managed (d) Was part of
19. 19.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details (c) skills (d) hobbies and interests
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Built (c) Raised (d) Designed
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Tried to do (c) Taught (d) Created
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Built
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Tried to do (d) Collected
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
27. 27.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Collected 300 books (c) Helped with books (d) Was at the drive
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Built (c) Raised (d) Helped with stuff
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
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: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Improved (c) Kind of handled (d) Taught
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.📑 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
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Created
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.📑 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

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