Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 516 · 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: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
2. 2.📑 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
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Built (c) Taught (d) Tried to do
4. 4.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Was at the drive (c) Collected 300 books (d) Helped with books
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Collected (c) Designed (d) Built
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Managed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Raised
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Was involved in (c) Kind of handled (d) Did some things
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Managed (c) Just attended (d) Tried to do
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Was part of (c) Was involved in (d) Did some things
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Did some things (c) Created (d) Built
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Was there for
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
17. 17.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) skills (c) achievements (d) hobbies and interests
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Collected (c) Taught (d) Was part of
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Kind of handled (c) Was involved in (d) Collected
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
24. 24.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) latest first (c) random order (d) alphabetical
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Helped with stuff (d) Collected
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Created (c) Led (d) Tried to do
28. 28.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they fill space (c) they show real results (d) they look pretty
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Raised (c) Built (d) Did some things
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Just attended (c) Built (d) Was part of
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
38. 38.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Was at the fair (c) Did fair things (d) Helped a bit
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Just attended (c) Taught (d) Improved

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