Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 414 · 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.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) latest first (c) alphabetical (d) random order
2. 2.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they show real results (c) they fill space (d) they look pretty
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Designed (c) Built (d) Just attended
4. 4.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was involved in (c) Tried to do (d) Managed
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Did some things (d) Organised
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
7. 7.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) achievements (d) skills
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Organised
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Taught (d) Kind of handled
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Created (d) Improved
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Managed (c) Built (d) Kind of handled
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
16. 16.📑 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
17. 17.📑 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
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Collected (c) Led (d) Organised
21. 21.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) a short objective (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.📝 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
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Led
27. 27.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Did some things (c) Was there for (d) Created
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Built
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Managed
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
32. 32.📝 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
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Designed
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Was there for (c) Raised (d) Collected
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Led (c) Kind of handled (d) Was involved in
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Was part of (c) Taught (d) Just attended
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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