Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 497 · 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: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Organised (c) Managed (d) Improved
3. 3.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) random order (c) latest first (d) oldest first
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Created (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Collected (c) Taught (d) Tried to do
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Collected (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was involved in
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Designed (d) Did some things
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Helped with stuff (d) Collected
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Kind of handled (d) Managed
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Taught
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Collected (c) Kind of handled (d) Taught
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Built (c) Led (d) Designed
20. 20.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Did fair things (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Helped a bit
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
22. 22.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they look pretty (c) they confuse people (d) they show real results
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Designed (d) Helped with stuff
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some things (d) Improved
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Built (c) Just attended (d) Collected
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Just attended (d) Managed
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Collected (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Taught (c) Kind of handled (d) Organised
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught
36. 36.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details (c) achievements (d) skills
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
40. 40.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Built the club website (c) Was in the coding club (d) Kind of helped

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