Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 401 · 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.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Managed (c) Created (d) Kind of handled
4. 4.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Raised (c) Managed (d) Created
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Did some things (c) Managed (d) Created
6. 6.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Managed (c) Just attended (d) Led
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) a short objective (d) education
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Created (c) Organised (d) Kind of handled
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Organised (d) Designed
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Taught (c) Was there for (d) Just attended
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Led (c) Was there for (d) Built
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Tried to do (c) Managed (d) Raised
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.📝 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
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
23. 23.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) oldest first (c) random order (d) latest first
24. 24.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was a helper (c) Did some teaching (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Led (c) Was part of (d) Designed
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Raised (d) Collected
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Led (c) Was there for (d) Did some things
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Collected
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Was part of it
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Created (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Taught (c) Collected (d) Led
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Just attended
37. 37.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Did fair things (c) Was at the fair (d) Ran the ticket desk
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Collected (c) Just attended (d) Created
39. 39.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Built the club website (c) Did some coding (d) Kind of helped
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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