Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 538 · 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.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) skills
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Tried to do
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: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
6. 6.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Built the club website (c) Kind of helped (d) Was in the coding club
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Tried to do (c) Designed (d) Collected
8. 8.📑 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
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Created (d) Just attended
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Did some things (d) Managed
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Built
14. 14.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Organised (c) Was involved in (d) Improved
16. 16.📑 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
17. 17.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Did some things (c) Helped with books (d) Collected 300 books
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Created (c) Led (d) Was involved in
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Kind of handled (d) Managed
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Designed (c) Built (d) Created
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Built
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Led (c) Created (d) Improved
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Taught (c) Organised (d) Built
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Collected (c) Managed (d) Just attended
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Improved
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Organised (c) Built (d) Helped with stuff
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Was there for (c) Organised (d) Designed
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Led (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Did some things

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