Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 455 · 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) Managed (b) Just attended (c) Led (d) Raised
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Collected (d) Tried to do
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Led
4. 4.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Did some things (c) Was at the drive (d) Collected 300 books
5. 5.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Built (c) Created (d) Tried to do
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.📑 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
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Was part of
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Was part of (c) Led (d) Just attended
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Improved (c) Was involved in (d) Just attended
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Designed (c) Raised (d) Created
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Improved (c) Created (d) Was involved in
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Raised (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
27. 27.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Kind of helped (c) Built the club website (d) Did some coding
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Was involved in (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
31. 31.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Was there for
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Created (c) Was involved in (d) Led
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
37. 37.📝 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
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Collected (c) Organised (d) Kind of handled
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Designed (c) Led (d) Did some things

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