Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 604 · 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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
3. 3.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
4. 4.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Did some things (d) Organised
6. 6.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective (c) education (d) hobbies and interests
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Raised (c) Improved (d) Was involved in
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Was there for (c) Was part of (d) Kind of handled
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Just attended (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Just attended (c) Built (d) Led
15. 15.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Collected 300 books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
17. 17.📑 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
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Taught
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Built (c) Organised (d) Was part of
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Was there for (d) Raised
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Was in the coding club
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Built (c) Raised (d) Taught
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Organised (c) Did some things (d) Collected
26. 26.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) name and contact details (c) achievements (d) hobbies and interests
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Kind of handled (c) Created (d) Helped with stuff
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.📑 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
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.📝 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
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Led (c) Kind of handled (d) Just attended
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Built (c) Raised (d) Helped with stuff
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Improved (d) Just attended
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills

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