Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 598 · 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 weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Raised (c) Built (d) Did some things
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Did fair things (c) Was at the fair (d) Ran the ticket desk
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Created (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Was in the coding club (c) Did some coding (d) Built the club website
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Raised (c) Did some things (d) Was part of
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Kind of handled (d) Just attended
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was involved in
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) latest first
12. 12.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was a helper (c) Did some teaching (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Did some things (c) Kind of handled (d) Was there for
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was there for (d) Kind of handled
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Was there for (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Built (c) Improved (d) Organised
20. 20.📑 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
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Built (d) Helped with stuff
22. 22.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they show real results (c) they look pretty (d) they fill space
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Kind of handled (c) Raised (d) Improved
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Kind of handled (d) Managed
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Was there for (c) Managed (d) Led
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (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 achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Taught (c) Designed (d) Tried to do
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Tried to do (c) Did some things (d) Was part of
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
38. 38.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Helped with books (c) Collected 300 books (d) Did some things
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Managed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created

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