Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 525 · 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) latest first (d) alphabetical
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.📑 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
6. 6.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Led (c) Created (d) Tried to do
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Improved
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or hobbies and interests? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests
10. 10.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) name and contact details (c) achievements (d) hobbies and interests
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Kind of handled
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
14. 14.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Helped with books (c) Collected 300 books (d) Did some things
15. 15.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some teaching (d) Was a helper
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Collected (c) Organised (d) Built
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Designed (c) Organised (d) Helped with stuff
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Was involved in (c) Just attended (d) Helped with stuff
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Managed (c) Improved (d) Created
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
26. 26.📝 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
27. 27.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education (c) a short objective (d) name and contact details
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Was part of
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Kind of handled (c) Raised (d) Designed
31. 31.📑 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
32. 32.📑 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
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
37. 37.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Did collection stuff (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Just attended (c) Improved (d) Created
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective

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