Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 398 · 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.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) random order
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Helped with stuff (c) Designed (d) Led
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Did some teaching (c) Was a helper (d) Helped with stuff
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Tried to do (c) Organised (d) Led
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Created (c) Organised (d) Raised
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Designed
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
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.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Created (d) Tried to do
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
20. 20.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Collected 300 books (c) Did some things (d) Was at the drive
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Created (d) Taught
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
24. 24.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) a short objective
25. 25.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) skills
26. 26.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Was at the fair (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Was there for (c) Managed (d) Improved
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Collected (c) Was part of (d) Led
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Created (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
30. 30.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Did collection stuff (c) Was part of it (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Improved (d) Helped with stuff
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Taught (c) Designed (d) Collected
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Did some things (c) Managed (d) Designed
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Organised (d) Was there for
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Organised
38. 38.📑 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
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Did some things (d) Organised
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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