Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 442 · 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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.📑 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
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Taught (d) Just attended
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Created (c) Just attended (d) Built
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
7. 7.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) skills
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Managed
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Organised (c) Raised (d) Helped with stuff
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
14. 14.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) oldest first (c) random order (d) latest first
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Raised (c) Collected (d) Designed
17. 17.📑 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
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
19. 19.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Kind of helped
20. 20.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) education
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Managed (c) Just attended (d) Did some things
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Collected (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Helped with stuff (c) Raised (d) Was part of
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was a helper (d) Did some teaching
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Organised (d) Tried to do
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Managed
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Collected (c) Was involved in (d) Just attended
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Built (c) Collected (d) Did some things
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Built
35. 35.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Did fair things
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Built (c) Was part of (d) Created
37. 37.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Did collection stuff (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Was part of it
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Collected (c) Organised (d) Built
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Tried to do (c) Improved (d) Was there for

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