Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 556 · 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 look pretty (d) they fill space
2. 2.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Did collection stuff (d) Helped with fundraising
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Improved (d) Tried to do
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Organised (c) Was involved in (d) Built
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Led (c) Just attended (d) Created
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Raised (d) Was there for
9. 9.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) a short objective (d) education
10. 10.📑 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
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Just attended (d) Built
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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Organised
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Taught (c) Was there for (d) Did some things
22. 22.📑 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
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Organised
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Kind of handled (c) Improved (d) Created
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Created (c) Did some things (d) Organised
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Taught (c) Created (d) Managed
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Managed (c) Built (d) Collected
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
34. 34.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Was in the coding club (c) Kind of helped (d) Did some coding
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Raised
38. 38.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Did some teaching (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Helped with stuff
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests

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