Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 530 · 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: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
2. 2.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Did some teaching (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
7. 7.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Did collection stuff (d) Was part of it
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
10. 10.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Raised (c) Built (d) Was there for
11. 11.📑 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
12. 12.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Was in the coding club
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Collected (c) Designed (d) Organised
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Led (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
18. 18.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Collected 300 books (c) Did some things (d) Was at the drive
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Just attended (c) Led (d) Organised
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was part of (c) Managed (d) Organised
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Tried to do (c) Taught (d) Improved
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.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Managed (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Collected (c) Led (d) Built
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Improved (d) Led
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Kind of handled (d) Designed
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Improved (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Tried to do (c) Helped with stuff (d) Managed
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Just attended (d) Built
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Tried to do (c) Designed (d) Did some things
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Collected

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