Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 6 · 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.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) random order (c) oldest first (d) alphabetical
2. 2.📑 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
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Created (c) Led (d) Was part of
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Kind of handled (c) Just attended (d) Created
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Led
11. 11.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Was part of it (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Did collection stuff
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Just attended
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Designed (c) Managed (d) Just attended
14. 14.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they fill space (c) they confuse people (d) they show real results
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Led (c) Raised (d) Helped with stuff
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Designed
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Collected (c) Improved (d) Just attended
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
28. 28.📝 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
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Was part of (c) Taught (d) Improved
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Tried to do (c) Taught (d) Built
33. 33.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Collected 300 books (c) Helped with books (d) Was at the drive
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Collected (d) Just attended
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
40. 40.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some teaching (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper

Free interview skills lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/interview-skills-for-students