Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 476 · 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) Collected (b) Created (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
2. 2.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Collected 300 books (c) Was at the drive (d) Helped with books
3. 3.📝 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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Managed (c) Was involved in (d) Taught
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Built (c) Was part of (d) Raised
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Built (c) Did some things (d) Led
10. 10.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they confuse people (c) they look pretty (d) they fill space
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Improved (c) Tried to do (d) Created
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Kind of handled (c) Was there for (d) Just attended
15. 15.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Was part of it (d) Helped with fundraising
16. 16.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Collected (c) Helped with stuff (d) Tried to do
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
21. 21.📑 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
22. 22.📑 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
23. 23.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
24. 24.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) random order (c) latest first (d) alphabetical
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Built (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Built (c) Collected (d) Organised
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some teaching (c) Was a helper (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Created (c) Raised (d) Was there for
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Led (c) Was part of (d) Taught
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
39. 39.📑 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
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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