Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 540 · 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 line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Was a helper (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some teaching
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) education
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Raised (c) Designed (d) Was there for
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) achievements
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Improved (c) Built (d) Was involved in
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Raised
13. 13.📑 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
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Was there for (d) Was part of
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Taught
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some things (d) Was there for
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Collected
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Did some things (c) Was at the drive (d) Collected 300 books
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Managed (c) Was involved in (d) Created
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Led (c) Was there for (d) Taught
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was part of (c) Improved (d) Taught
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Kind of handled (c) Built (d) Managed
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Built (c) Did some things (d) Collected
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Led (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.📝 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
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Managed (c) Organised (d) Tried to do
40. 40.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Was in the coding club (c) Built the club website (d) Did some coding

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