Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 461 · 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 of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some things (d) Led
2. 2.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Taught (c) Collected (d) Was part of
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Did some things (c) Just attended (d) Kind of handled
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Was involved in
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Created (b) Just attended (c) Kind of handled (d) Was involved in
9. 9.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some teaching (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
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.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they fill space (c) they show real results (d) they look pretty
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Raised
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Organised (d) Created
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Was there for (d) Was involved in
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Led (c) Managed (d) Was part of
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Helped with stuff
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Built
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Created (c) Built (d) Raised
24. 24.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests (c) education (d) name and contact details
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Raised (d) Helped with stuff
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Was in the coding club (c) Did some coding (d) Built the club website
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
30. 30.📑 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
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Helped with stuff (c) Raised (d) Managed
32. 32.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Did fair things (c) Was at the fair (d) Helped a bit
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) random order (c) oldest first (d) alphabetical
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Improved (c) Did some things (d) Organised
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was involved in (c) Managed (d) Did some things
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Organised (c) Was involved in (d) Built
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education

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