Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 606 · 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: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Was part of (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created
4. 4.📑 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
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
6. 6.📝 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
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Did collection stuff (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Helped with fundraising
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Collected 300 books (c) Was at the drive (d) Helped with books
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Was part of (c) Built (d) Improved
15. 15.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Did some coding (d) Was in the coding club
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Did some things (c) Designed (d) Was part of
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
18. 18.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some teaching (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Did some things (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Built (c) Raised (d) Taught
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Managed (c) Was there for (d) Collected
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Taught
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Led (c) Collected (d) Helped with stuff
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Taught
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Did some things (c) Just attended (d) Was involved in
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Did some things (c) Kind of handled (d) Created

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