Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 571 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Raised (c) Was there for (d) Managed
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
5. 5.📑 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
6. 6.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Did some things
10. 10.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Helped with books (c) Did some things (d) Collected 300 books
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Created (c) Tried to do (d) Built
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught (d) Managed
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Built
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Collected (c) Did some things (d) Improved
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Just attended
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Did some things (c) Kind of handled (d) Was there for
22. 22.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective (c) education (d) hobbies and interests
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Did some things
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Organised (c) Designed (d) Collected
26. 26.📑 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
27. 27.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Helped with stuff
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
29. 29.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details (c) skills (d) hobbies and interests
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Led (c) Was involved in (d) Was there for
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
33. 33.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Was at the fair (c) Did fair things (d) Helped a bit
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Taught (c) Was there for (d) Was involved in
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Managed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was there for
37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Created
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Tried to do
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Just attended

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