Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 590 · 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) Raised (b) Just attended (c) Led (d) Designed
2. 2.📑 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
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Tried to do (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Did some things (c) Designed (d) Managed
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Raised
10. 10.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) alphabetical (c) random order (d) oldest first
11. 11.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Was part of it (d) Did collection stuff
12. 12.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Was in the coding club (c) Did some coding (d) Kind of helped
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Built (c) Helped with stuff (d) Raised
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Did some things
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Taught (d) Was involved in
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.📑 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
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Kind of handled (c) Taught (d) Managed
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Organised (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Just attended (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Kind of handled (d) Designed
37. 37.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they confuse people (c) they fill space (d) they show real results
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Improved (c) Raised (d) Created
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills

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