Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 610 · 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: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Kind of handled (c) Did some things (d) Raised
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Raised (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was involved in
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Taught (c) Just attended (d) Organised
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Was involved in (c) Organised (d) Taught
10. 10.📝 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
11. 11.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Organised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Kind of handled
14. 14.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) achievements
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Improved
18. 18.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Did some things (c) Collected (d) Designed
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Did some things (c) Was involved in (d) Just attended
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Taught (c) Was involved in (d) Did some things
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Improved (c) Tried to do (d) Led
28. 28.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Kind of helped (c) Did some coding (d) Built the club website
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Was involved in
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.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Built (d) Did some things
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Designed (d) Tried to do
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Did some things
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Was involved in (d) Organised
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught (c) Collected (d) Created
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Did some things (c) Collected (d) Organised
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or name and contact details? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details

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