Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 472 · 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 weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Managed (c) Was involved in (d) Designed
2. 2.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) oldest first (c) latest first (d) random order
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.📑 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
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Improved
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Was part of
9. 9.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Did some things (c) Was at the drive (d) Helped with books
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Managed (d) Was there for
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Built (d) Managed
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Raised (d) Just attended
15. 15.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Helped a bit (c) Did fair things (d) Was at the fair
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Led (c) Managed (d) Raised
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Just attended (c) Helped with stuff (d) Kind of handled
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Improved (d) Just attended
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Collected
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Did some things (c) Was there for (d) Taught
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Just attended (c) Was there for (d) Kind of handled
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was a helper (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
33. 33.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) a short objective
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Built (c) Created (d) Did some things
35. 35.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Was part of it (d) Did collection stuff
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Just attended (c) Built (d) Improved
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Just attended (c) Improved (d) Kind of handled
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
40. 40.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests

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