Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 415 · 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) Managed (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Led
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (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) Kind of helped (d) Did some coding
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Did some things
8. 8.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) education (d) a short objective
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Raised (c) Led (d) Built
10. 10.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) achievements
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Helped a bit (d) Did fair things
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Improved (d) Just attended
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
20. 20.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Was at the drive (c) Helped with books (d) Collected 300 books
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Taught (d) Tried to do
22. 22.📑 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
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Managed (c) Organised (d) Collected
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Did some things (c) Organised (d) Improved
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Taught (d) Did some things
28. 28.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they confuse people (c) they fill space (d) they show real results
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Organised (c) Collected (d) Was involved in
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Collected (d) Tried to do
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Organised (b) Did some things (c) Was involved in (d) Kind of handled
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was involved in (c) Tried to do (d) Built
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Managed (c) Taught (d) Was there for
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Tried to do
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective

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