Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

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

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