Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 612 · 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) Tried to do (b) Raised (c) Organised (d) Created
2. 2.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Was at the fair (c) Helped a bit (d) Ran the ticket desk
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Kind of handled (d) Led
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
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 is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Tried to do (c) Designed (d) Improved
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
8. 8.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Was at the drive (c) Helped with books (d) Collected 300 books
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Led (c) Just attended (d) Was there for
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Raised (c) Designed (d) Managed
14. 14.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective (c) name and contact details (d) education
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
18. 18.📑 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
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was there for (c) Raised (d) Collected
20. 20.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Was involved in (c) Organised (d) Taught
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Managed (c) Was involved in (d) Taught
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Raised (c) Tried to do (d) Kind of handled
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Improved (c) Designed (d) Helped with stuff
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Built (d) Was there for
33. 33.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) achievements
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Organised (c) Created (d) Led
36. 36.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Was in the coding club (c) Built the club website (d) Did some coding
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education

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