Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 597 · 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 of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Kind of handled (c) Taught (d) Just attended
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 of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Kind of handled (c) Collected (d) Did some things
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Improved (c) Was there for (d) Created
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Managed (c) Designed (d) Was there for
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 of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
11. 11.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) skills
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Built (c) Organised (d) Raised
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Kind of handled
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Taught (d) Was there for
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
18. 18.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests (c) a short objective (d) name and contact details
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: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Was part of (c) Was there for (d) Did some things
22. 22.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Did some teaching (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was a helper
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Led (c) Raised (d) Managed
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was involved in (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) latest first
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Kind of handled (c) Collected (d) Organised
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Managed (c) Was involved in (d) Kind of handled
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.📑 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
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Managed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Built (d) Was involved in
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Collected
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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