Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 558 · 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: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
2. 2.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they show real results (c) they confuse people (d) they look pretty
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
6. 6.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Did some coding (c) Was in the coding club (d) Built the club website
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Created (c) Did some things (d) Managed
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
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 section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details (c) a short objective (d) education
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Organised
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Organised (d) Just attended
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Improved (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Did some things (c) Just attended (d) Was involved in
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Was there for (d) Collected
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Did some things (d) Raised
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
23. 23.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Did collection stuff (c) Was part of it (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Designed (d) Was there for
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Was there for (c) Organised (d) Improved
26. 26.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Was a helper (c) Did some teaching (d) Helped with stuff
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Managed
28. 28.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Was at the fair (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Kind of handled (c) Taught (d) Designed
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
33. 33.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Collected (c) Was part of (d) Built
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Led (c) Taught (d) Managed
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
37. 37.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) achievements (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education

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