Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 561 · 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: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Raised (c) Did some things (d) Organised
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Led (d) Was involved in
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.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Was a helper (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some teaching
12. 12.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with books (c) Was at the drive (d) Collected 300 books
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Organised (c) Was involved in (d) Led
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Created (c) Led (d) Just attended
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Was there for (c) Managed (d) Led
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Designed (b) Just attended (c) Did some things (d) Tried to do
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Was involved in (c) Just attended (d) Collected
24. 24.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) skills (d) achievements
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was part of (c) Designed (d) Led
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Was part of (c) Was there for (d) Was involved in
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Collected
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective (c) hobbies and interests (d) education
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Built (c) Tried to do (d) Collected
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or name and contact details? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Kind of handled (d) Taught
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Improved (d) Just attended
34. 34.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Was part of it (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Did collection stuff
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
38. 38.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
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.📑 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

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