Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 405 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Organised
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Managed
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Taught (c) Did some things (d) Was involved in
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Led (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
7. 7.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
8. 8.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Was involved in (c) Tried to do (d) Helped with stuff
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Raised (c) Just attended (d) Tried to do
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Kind of handled (c) Taught (d) Improved
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
14. 14.📑 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
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Collected (c) Was involved in (d) Was part of
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Managed
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
19. 19.📑 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
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
22. 22.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Did fair things (d) Helped a bit
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Built (d) Was there for
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Designed (b) Was part of (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Was involved in (c) Collected (d) Created
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Collected (c) Designed (d) Just attended
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Tried to do
30. 30.📝 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
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Collected (c) Led (d) Designed
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Was in the coding club (c) Built the club website (d) Did some coding
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Was part of (c) Was involved in (d) Tried to do

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