Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 48 · 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: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
2. 2.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Kind of helped (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Organised (c) Kind of handled (d) Designed
4. 4.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they look pretty (c) they show real results (d) they confuse people
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was involved in (c) Managed (d) Was part of
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Taught (c) Just attended (d) Helped with stuff
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Created (c) Kind of handled (d) Designed
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
12. 12.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was a helper (d) Did some teaching
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Collected (c) Created (d) Was there for
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Designed (c) Kind of handled (d) Just attended
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Created (d) Just attended
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Designed
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Organised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Improved
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Built (d) Tried to do
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) education (d) a short objective
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Tried to do (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Was involved in (c) Kind of handled (d) Led
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Was part of (d) Built
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Created (c) Was there for (d) Led
32. 32.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) alphabetical (c) random order (d) latest first
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Built (c) Taught (d) Managed
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Organised (d) Was involved in
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
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: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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