Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 47 · 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: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Led
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Designed (d) Helped with stuff
4. 4.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Was there for (c) Managed (d) Led
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
6. 6.📑 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
7. 7.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) latest first (c) random order (d) oldest first
8. 8.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Was at the fair (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Did fair things
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or a short objective? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Designed (c) Organised (d) Led
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
15. 15.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Built the club website (c) Kind of helped (d) Did some coding
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Was part of (c) Improved (d) Designed
17. 17.📑 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
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Was involved in (d) Was part of
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
20. 20.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with books (c) Was at the drive (d) Collected 300 books
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Improved (c) Taught (d) Tried to do
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Raised (c) Improved (d) Did some things
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Collected
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Was there for (c) Led (d) Taught
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Just attended (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Raised (d) Helped with stuff
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Did collection stuff (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Was part of it
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Created (c) Was there for (d) Was involved in

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