Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 435 · 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 of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Designed (d) Taught
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Did some things (d) Improved
4. 4.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first
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 of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Improved (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Led (c) Created (d) Improved
9. 9.📑 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
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Kind of handled (c) Designed (d) Taught
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Was part of (c) Raised (d) Managed
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or hobbies and interests? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Kind of handled (c) Taught (d) Tried to do
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: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Raised (d) Was involved in
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Created (c) Was involved in (d) Was part of
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was involved in (c) Taught (d) Just attended
24. 24.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) name and contact details (c) achievements (d) hobbies and interests
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Designed (b) Just attended (c) Was there for (d) Did some things
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some teaching (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
29. 29.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Did some things (c) Collected 300 books (d) Helped with books
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Managed (d) Was part of
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
33. 33.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Was part of it (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Did collection stuff
34. 34.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Did fair things (d) Was at the fair
35. 35.📑 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
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Helped with stuff (d) Raised
37. 37.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Did some coding (c) Was in the coding club (d) Kind of helped
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Built (c) Designed (d) Was part of
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Improved (c) Raised (d) Kind of handled
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Taught (c) Organised (d) Tried to do

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