Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 381 · 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 skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
2. 2.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Designed (c) Raised (d) Was part of
4. 4.📑 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
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Was there for
6. 6.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Kind of handled (c) Was involved in (d) Just attended
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Just attended (c) Organised (d) Managed
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was part of (c) Was there for (d) Did some things
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Designed (c) Managed (d) Was involved in
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Just attended (d) Improved
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Managed (d) Did some things
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Kind of handled (c) Was involved in (d) Designed
14. 14.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Was at the drive (c) Helped with books (d) Collected 300 books
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Taught (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Was part of it (d) Did collection stuff
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Raised (d) Helped with stuff
21. 21.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Did fair things (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Created (d) Taught
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
24. 24.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Helped with stuff
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Designed
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Helped with stuff (c) Managed (d) Led
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📑 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
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Taught (c) Designed (d) Did some things
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Collected (c) Helped with stuff (d) Tried to do
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Managed
36. 36.📑 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
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Raised (c) Designed (d) Kind of handled

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