Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 473 · 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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Did some things (c) Created (d) Raised
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Raised
4. 4.📑 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
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Was at the drive (c) Helped with books (d) Collected 300 books
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Managed (c) Was involved in (d) Just attended
10. 10.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Led (c) Managed (d) Tried to do
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Designed (d) Helped with stuff
14. 14.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Was part of it (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Did collection stuff
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Managed (c) Organised (d) Kind of handled
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Led (c) Improved (d) Collected
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Did some teaching (d) Helped with stuff
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Raised (c) Collected (d) Designed
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Raised (c) Just attended (d) Kind of handled
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Created (c) Designed (d) Was part of
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Kind of handled (c) Did some things (d) Was involved in
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
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: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Built (c) Kind of handled (d) Did some things
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
32. 32.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Did some coding (c) Kind of helped (d) Built the club website
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
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.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Led (c) Kind of handled (d) Was there for
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Raised (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do

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