Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 503 · 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.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Was at the drive (c) Helped with books (d) Collected 300 books
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Tried to do (c) Raised (d) Organised
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Managed (c) Kind of handled (d) Raised
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Created (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Tried to do (d) Created
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Managed (c) Collected (d) Designed
10. 10.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Did some coding (c) Kind of helped (d) Was in the coding club
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Kind of handled (c) Just attended (d) Tried to do
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Taught (c) Just attended (d) Built
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Raised (d) Helped with stuff
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Helped with stuff (c) Managed (d) Designed
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Kind of handled (c) Raised (d) Taught
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Organised
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Improved
25. 25.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective (c) hobbies and interests (d) education
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or name and contact details? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) achievements (d) skills
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Was involved in (c) Improved (d) Collected
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Built (c) Managed (d) Just attended
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Tried to do (c) Managed (d) Helped with stuff
39. 39.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
40. 40.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Did collection stuff (c) Was part of it (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week

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