Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 560 · 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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Did some things (c) Was involved in (d) Just attended
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Did some things (c) Raised (d) Led
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Built (d) Was there for
7. 7.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Was at the drive (c) Helped with books (d) Collected 300 books
8. 8.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Was at the fair (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Helped a bit
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Raised (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Led (c) Was involved in (d) Raised
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Raised (c) Just attended (d) Helped with stuff
18. 18.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Was part of it (c) Did collection stuff (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Taught (d) Tried to do
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Kind of handled (c) Did some things (d) Led
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Just attended (c) Improved (d) Helped with stuff
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Did some things (d) Managed
25. 25.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) alphabetical (c) latest first (d) random order
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Built (d) Was there for
27. 27.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Taught
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Designed (c) Built (d) Was involved in
29. 29.📑 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
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or hobbies and interests? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests
32. 32.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Did some teaching (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was a helper
33. 33.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Kind of helped (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Tried to do (d) Helped with stuff
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Built (c) Created (d) Tried to do
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Led (c) Was part of (d) Organised

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