Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 404 · 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 of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Built (d) Did some things
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Kind of handled (c) Tried to do (d) Was involved in
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Raised (c) Kind of handled (d) Was there for
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Built (c) Created (d) Kind of handled
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Managed (c) Kind of handled (d) Was involved in
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Collected (c) Improved (d) Was involved in
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Was part of (c) Taught (d) Built
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Organised (d) Was involved in
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Raised (c) Kind of handled (d) Built
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Led
17. 17.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) skills (c) hobbies and interests (d) achievements
18. 18.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Raised
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
22. 22.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) a short objective
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.📑 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
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Taught
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Raised (c) Managed (d) Led
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Did some things (c) Improved (d) Managed
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Tried to do (c) Managed (d) Raised
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Was involved in (d) Managed
37. 37.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Collected (c) Led (d) Organised
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Collected
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education

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