Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 379 · 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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Helped with stuff
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Managed (c) Led (d) Did some things
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
9. 9.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
10. 10.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Managed
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Designed (c) Was there for (d) Collected
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Organised
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Organised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Kind of handled
19. 19.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Was part of it (c) Did collection stuff (d) Helped with fundraising
20. 20.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests (c) education (d) name and contact details
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Improved (c) Built (d) Designed
23. 23.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they show real results (c) they look pretty (d) they confuse people
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Tried to do
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Kind of handled (c) Improved (d) Built
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was involved in
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
32. 32.📝 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
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Improved (c) Did some things (d) Taught
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Did some things (c) Tried to do (d) Built
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Was there for (c) Collected (d) Improved
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Just attended (c) Did some things (d) Tried to do
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 line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Was at the fair (d) Helped a bit
39. 39.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Kind of helped
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Designed (c) Kind of handled (d) Built

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