Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 531 · 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.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they confuse people (c) they fill space (d) they look pretty
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Raised (c) Built (d) Was involved in
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
7. 7.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) achievements
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was there for (d) Built
9. 9.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Was in the coding club (c) Built the club website (d) Kind of helped
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Raised (c) Was there for (d) Collected
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Helped with stuff (d) Collected
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Managed
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Was there for (c) Built (d) Designed
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
22. 22.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Was part of it (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Helped with fundraising
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Collected (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
24. 24.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some teaching (c) Was a helper (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Taught (c) Did some things (d) Raised
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Designed (c) Was there for (d) Was involved in
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Kind of handled (c) Created (d) Just attended
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Kind of handled
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Did some things (c) Raised (d) Led
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
35. 35.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Designed (c) Tried to do (d) Raised
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Collected (c) Taught (d) Helped with stuff
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Kind of handled (c) Did some things (d) Organised

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