Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 467 · 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: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Created (c) Was there for (d) Was part of
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Created (c) Did some things (d) Improved
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
8. 8.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Did some coding (c) Was in the coding club (d) Built the club website
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
10. 10.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Did fair things (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Improved (c) Taught (d) Led
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Created (c) Kind of handled (d) Raised
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Managed (c) Raised (d) Taught
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
15. 15.📑 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
16. 16.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Was a helper (d) Helped with stuff
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Led
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Taught (c) Designed (d) Was there for
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Organised (c) Built (d) Kind of handled
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Taught (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Created (c) Led (d) Was there for
27. 27.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) education (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Designed (d) Was part of
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
32. 32.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they show real results (c) they confuse people (d) they look pretty
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Built
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) skills
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was involved in (c) Managed (d) Helped with stuff
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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