Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 562 · 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: name and contact details or a short objective? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Raised (d) Was part of
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Designed (d) Did some things
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Helped with stuff (c) Kind of handled (d) Managed
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Was part of (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
10. 10.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests (c) skills (d) name and contact details
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Was part of (c) Collected (d) Led
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
13. 13.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Was part of it (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
14. 14.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Kind of helped (c) Was in the coding club (d) Built the club website
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (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 of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Organised (c) Kind of handled (d) Managed
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Was there for (d) Built
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Led (c) Built (d) Improved
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
27. 27.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they fill space (c) they confuse people (d) they look pretty
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Kind of handled
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Designed (c) Was part of (d) Raised
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Just attended (c) Improved (d) Was part of
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Built (c) Raised (d) Was involved in
33. 33.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Did some things (c) Was at the drive (d) Helped with books
34. 34.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Did some teaching (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Taught (c) Was there for (d) Improved
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.📑 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
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do

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