Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 438 · 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 line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Was a helper (c) Did some teaching (d) Helped with stuff
2. 2.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) achievements
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Just attended (c) Led (d) Tried to do
4. 4.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Tried to do (c) Created (d) Improved
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Improved
6. 6.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education (c) name and contact details (d) a short objective
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Created (c) Did some things (d) Organised
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
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 line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Helped with books (c) Did some things (d) Was at the drive
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Tried to do (d) Managed
14. 14.📑 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
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Created (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Kind of handled
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Just attended (c) Raised (d) Improved
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Designed (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Improved (c) Collected (d) Organised
28. 28.📑 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
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Led (c) Just attended (d) Designed
30. 30.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Did fair things (c) Helped a bit (d) Ran the ticket desk
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Helped with stuff (c) Raised (d) Collected
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Was part of (c) Was involved in (d) Just attended
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Managed (d) Was involved in
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Was part of (c) Taught (d) Organised
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Was in the coding club (c) Built the club website (d) Did some coding
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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