Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 508 · 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 tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was a helper (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Did some teaching
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Created (c) Just attended (d) Collected
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Organised (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Managed (c) Was part of (d) Just attended
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Improved (c) Just attended (d) Tried to do
12. 12.📑 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
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Organised (c) Improved (d) Taught
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
18. 18.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective (c) hobbies and interests (d) education
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
20. 20.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Built (c) Collected (d) Was involved in
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Organised (b) Did some things (c) Just attended (d) Was involved in
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Just attended (c) Kind of handled (d) Raised
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Was at the fair (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
25. 25.📝 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
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) latest first
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created
29. 29.🔢 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
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Was part of (d) Designed
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Was involved in (c) Built (d) Did some things
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Created (c) Just attended (d) Was there for
38. 38.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Collected 300 books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Taught (c) Collected (d) Helped with stuff
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Raised (c) Kind of handled (d) Just attended

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