Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 566 · 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: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Was involved in (d) Led
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
5. 5.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Built the club website (c) Kind of helped (d) Did some coding
6. 6.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Improved (d) Kind of handled
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Did some things (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
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: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Raised (d) Was involved in
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Tried to do (d) Built
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was there for (c) Created (d) Taught
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Managed (c) Led (d) Created
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Kind of handled (c) Managed (d) Was part of
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Did collection stuff (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Built (c) Tried to do (d) Was involved in
23. 23.📑 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
24. 24.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Did some teaching (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Helped with stuff
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Improved (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
26. 26.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements (c) skills (d) hobbies and interests
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Just attended (c) Kind of handled (d) Taught
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was there for (c) Collected (d) Tried to do
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
37. 37.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Organised (d) Was part of
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
40. 40.📑 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

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