Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 480 · 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: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
4. 4.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Built (c) Improved (d) Just attended
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Collected (c) Raised (d) Tried to do
7. 7.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Did some things (c) Helped with books (d) Was at the drive
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Managed (c) Kind of handled (d) Created
9. 9.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Was part of it (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Created (c) Led (d) Taught
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Raised (c) Designed (d) Was there for
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
14. 14.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) achievements
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Created (c) Improved (d) Built
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Organised
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Raised (c) Managed (d) Helped with stuff
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Managed (c) Was part of (d) Created
20. 20.📑 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
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Managed (c) Built (d) Organised
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Built (c) Managed (d) Collected
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Kind of handled (c) Created (d) Helped with stuff
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Organised (d) Helped with stuff
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was there for (c) Was part of (d) Managed
27. 27.📑 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
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Led
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Led (d) Just attended
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Did some things
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Was involved in
36. 36.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was a helper (d) Did some teaching
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Helped with stuff (c) Designed (d) Organised
40. 40.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Was in the coding club (c) Kind of helped (d) Built the club website

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