Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 44 · 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: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Taught (c) Did some things (d) Tried to do
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Led (d) Did some things
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Collected (c) Taught (d) Did some things
10. 10.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was a helper (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Managed (c) Was part of (d) Raised
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
15. 15.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Collected 300 books (c) Did some things (d) Was at the drive
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Built (c) Collected (d) Helped with stuff
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught (d) Improved
18. 18.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Built the club website (c) Kind of helped (d) Was in the coding club
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Raised (c) Was there for (d) Taught
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was involved in (c) Managed (d) Designed
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Just attended (c) Raised (d) Created
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Designed (c) Built (d) Tried to do
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they confuse people (c) they show real results (d) they fill space
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Built (c) Was involved in (d) Improved
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.📑 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
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Collected
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was there for (c) Just attended (d) Created
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Built (c) Just attended (d) Organised
34. 34.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) skills (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Just attended (d) Created
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Tried to do (c) Was involved in (d) Did some things
37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Organised (c) Collected (d) Tried to do
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Was part of
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Kind of handled (c) Led (d) Raised

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