Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 374 · 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 a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Led (c) Improved (d) Helped with stuff
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Raised (c) Built (d) Taught
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Was there for (d) Designed
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) a short objective
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Created (c) Was there for (d) Improved
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
11. 11.📑 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
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Was involved in (c) Led (d) Managed
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Raised (c) Built (d) Tried to do
15. 15.📑 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
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Collected
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Tried to do (c) Led (d) Raised
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Was part of it (c) Did collection stuff (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
23. 23.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some teaching (d) Was a helper
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Improved
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
27. 27.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) random order (c) oldest first (d) latest first
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Led (c) Managed (d) Helped with stuff
29. 29.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) skills (c) hobbies and interests (d) achievements
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Managed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Improved (c) Designed (d) Collected
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Was involved in (c) Created (d) Managed
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Designed (c) Raised (d) Was part of
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Did some things

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