Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 512 · 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: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
2. 2.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Created (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Just attended
4. 4.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Built the club website (c) Kind of helped (d) Did some coding
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Managed (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they look pretty (c) they fill space (d) they show real results
11. 11.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Designed (c) Raised (d) Was part of
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Organised
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Just attended (c) Created (d) Designed
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Created (c) Improved (d) Was involved in
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
19. 19.📑 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
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Did collection stuff (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Was part of it
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Did some things (c) Designed (d) Improved
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Helped with stuff (c) Built (d) Designed
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Improved (c) Taught (d) Designed
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Just attended
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Created
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Was part of (c) Created (d) Managed
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
38. 38.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) name and contact details (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or a short objective? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects

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