Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 479 · 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 line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Collected 300 books (c) Did some things (d) Helped with books
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Built (c) Improved (d) Led
5. 5.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) a short objective
6. 6.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Was part of it
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Led (c) Was there for (d) Collected
8. 8.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they fill space (c) they confuse people (d) they show real results
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Was there for (d) Built
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Tried to do (c) Created (d) Built
12. 12.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Was a helper (c) Did some teaching (d) Helped with stuff
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Collected (c) Was involved in (d) Led
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Helped with stuff
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Tried to do (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Did some coding (c) Was in the coding club (d) Kind of helped
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Managed (c) Did some things (d) Built
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was involved in (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught
24. 24.📑 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
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Raised (d) Was part of
27. 27.📑 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
28. 28.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Was at the fair (d) Did fair things
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Led (c) Just attended (d) Managed
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Led (d) Just attended
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Just attended (c) Taught (d) Organised
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Kind of handled (c) Led (d) Created
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.📑 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

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