Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 41 · 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: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
2. 2.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Collected 300 books (c) Did some things (d) Helped with books
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Did some things (d) Designed
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Was in the coding club (c) Did some coding (d) Kind of helped
7. 7.📝 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
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Did some things (c) Just attended (d) Helped with stuff
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Built (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was involved in
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Kind of handled (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Organised (c) Tried to do (d) Led
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Was there for
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Kind of handled (c) Managed (d) Taught
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Was at the fair (c) Helped a bit (d) Ran the ticket desk
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
27. 27.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details (c) education (d) a short objective
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Managed (d) Kind of handled
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Raised (c) Organised (d) Just attended
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Raised (c) Led (d) Improved
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
32. 32.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they look pretty (c) they fill space (d) they show real results
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Just attended (d) Built
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Just attended (d) Was involved in
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Collected (d) Was there for
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Led (c) Created (d) Was part of
40. 40.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) random order

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