Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 413 · 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.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they show real results (c) they confuse people (d) they look pretty
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Designed (c) Tried to do (d) Collected
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Kind of handled (c) Tried to do (d) Designed
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Kind of handled (c) Built (d) Led
6. 6.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Improved (c) Kind of handled (d) Led
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Was involved in (c) Created (d) Organised
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Just attended (c) Created (d) Did some things
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Built (c) Was involved in (d) Kind of handled
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Collected (c) Designed (d) Created
13. 13.📑 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
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Just attended (c) Did some things (d) Improved
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Collected (c) Built (d) Was there for
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
21. 21.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Was at the drive (c) Helped with books (d) Did some things
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Improved (c) Raised (d) Was part of
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Did some things (c) Kind of handled (d) Taught
26. 26.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) achievements (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Created (c) Collected (d) Designed
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or name and contact details? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details
30. 30.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
31. 31.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Designed (d) Did some things
32. 32.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Built the club website (c) Was in the coding club (d) Kind of helped
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Was involved in
36. 36.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) name and contact details (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Taught (c) Improved (d) Helped with stuff
39. 39.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Helped a bit (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Was at the fair
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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