Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 49 · 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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Did some teaching
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Tried to do (c) Organised (d) Taught
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Was there for (d) Designed
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Led
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Was at the drive (c) Collected 300 books (d) Did some things
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Just attended (c) Did some things (d) Built
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Organised
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Built (c) Was involved in (d) Collected
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
23. 23.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements (c) hobbies and interests (d) skills
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
25. 25.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details (c) education (d) hobbies and interests
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Taught (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
28. 28.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Built (d) Just attended
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Designed (c) Was there for (d) Managed
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Was involved in (d) Created
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Improved (d) Taught
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Raised (d) Kind of handled
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Did some things (c) Was there for (d) Just attended
38. 38.📑 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
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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education

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