Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 43 · 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: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
6. 6.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Did collection stuff (d) Was part of it
7. 7.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Did some things (c) Collected 300 books (d) Was at the drive
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Built (c) Improved (d) Collected
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Collected (c) Helped with stuff (d) Designed
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
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) Collected (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Taught
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Managed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Kind of handled
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Designed (c) Organised (d) Was part of
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Created (c) Led (d) Organised
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Managed (d) Tried to do
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Improved (c) Organised (d) Led
20. 20.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) name and contact details (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Improved
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
25. 25.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Did fair things (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Designed
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Collected (d) Tried to do
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Was there for (d) Raised
31. 31.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was a helper (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Did some teaching
32. 32.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Improved (c) Managed (d) Helped with stuff
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Taught (c) Just attended (d) Built
34. 34.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) skills (d) name and contact details
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Created (c) Was there for (d) Managed
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Kind of handled (c) Collected (d) Raised
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
39. 39.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Kind of helped (c) Did some coding (d) Built the club website
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills

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