Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 377 · 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.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Raised (c) Built (d) Designed
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Organised (c) Was there for (d) Raised
5. 5.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they fill space (c) they look pretty (d) they confuse people
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Taught (c) Just attended (d) Built
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Just attended (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Tried to do
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Kind of handled (d) Managed
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Did some things (d) Improved
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Taught (c) Collected (d) Created
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Taught (c) Kind of handled (d) Created
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
17. 17.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.📑 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
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Just attended (c) Created (d) Was part of
22. 22.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some teaching (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Raised (c) Led (d) Was part of
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Helped with stuff (c) Led (d) Tried to do
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Created (c) Managed (d) Organised
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
31. 31.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Was involved in (c) Built (d) Helped with stuff
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Tried to do (c) Organised (d) Was there for
33. 33.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Did some things (c) Collected 300 books (d) Was at the drive
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Organised (c) Built (d) Just attended
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) oldest first (c) random order (d) alphabetical
37. 37.📑 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
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Created (d) Helped with stuff
40. 40.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Kind of helped (c) Did some coding (d) Was in the coding club

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