Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 451 · 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) Led (b) Kind of handled (c) Just attended (d) Was there for
2. 2.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Was in the coding club (c) Kind of helped (d) Did some coding
3. 3.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) achievements
4. 4.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Just attended (c) Kind of handled (d) Organised
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Built (c) Led (d) Designed
6. 6.📑 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
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Improved (c) Created (d) Tried to do
9. 9.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Did some teaching (d) Helped with stuff
10. 10.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Was at the drive (c) Did some things (d) Collected 300 books
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) education
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Raised
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Taught (c) Kind of handled (d) Was part of
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Built
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.📑 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
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
26. 26.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Did collection stuff (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Was involved in (c) Created (d) Designed
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Was there for (c) Managed (d) Collected
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Was part of (c) Collected (d) Tried to do
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
36. 36.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) latest first (c) random order (d) oldest first
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Collected (c) Created (d) Helped with stuff
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Collected (c) Taught (d) Raised
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Was involved in (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things

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