Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 482 · 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: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Built (d) Tried to do
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Raised (c) Built (d) Designed
5. 5.📑 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
6. 6.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Did some things (c) Was at the drive (d) Helped with books
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Managed (c) Created (d) Improved
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Managed (c) Organised (d) Just attended
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Collected (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Designed (c) Managed (d) Was there for
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Tried to do (d) Managed
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
17. 17.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) oldest first (c) alphabetical (d) random order
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Did some coding (d) Was in the coding club
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
26. 26.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details (c) skills (d) hobbies and interests
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Did collection stuff
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Was part of (c) Did some things (d) Led
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Created (c) Improved (d) Did some things
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Taught (c) Tried to do (d) Created
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Led (c) Organised (d) Built
38. 38.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they confuse people (c) they look pretty (d) they show real results
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Just attended (c) Designed (d) Tried to do
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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