Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 431 · 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) Did some things (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Tried to do
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Collected
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Built (c) Taught (d) Created
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
8. 8.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they fill space (c) they look pretty (d) they confuse people
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Created (d) Was part of
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
14. 14.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective (c) education (d) name and contact details
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Designed (c) Managed (d) Tried to do
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Tried to do (d) Designed
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📑 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
20. 20.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Did collection stuff (c) Was part of it (d) Helped with fundraising
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Led (c) Was involved in (d) Designed
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
23. 23.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Was in the coding club
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Built
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Just attended (c) Managed (d) Built
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Designed
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
31. 31.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Was part of (c) Just attended (d) Did some things
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Did some things (d) Raised
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Led (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
34. 34.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Helped a bit (c) Was at the fair (d) Did fair things
35. 35.📑 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
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) oldest first (c) random order (d) latest first
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Managed (c) Tried to do (d) Helped with stuff
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Built (c) Improved (d) Taught
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Managed

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