Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 615 · 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 strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Raised (c) Did some things (d) Was involved in
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Designed
4. 4.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Helped with books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Managed (c) Tried to do (d) Taught
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Did some things
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Organised (d) Raised
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Tried to do
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Organised (c) Managed (d) Was involved in
11. 11.📑 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
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Raised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
14. 14.📑 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
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Improved (d) Tried to do
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
23. 23.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Was at the fair (c) Did fair things (d) Helped a bit
24. 24.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) a short objective
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Was involved in (c) Created (d) Collected
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
31. 31.📑 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
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Taught (d) Helped with stuff
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Organised (d) Did some things
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Was there for (c) Taught (d) Improved
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Kind of helped (c) Built the club website (d) Did some coding
37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Raised (d) Created
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
39. 39.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they confuse people (c) they look pretty (d) they show real results
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Just attended (d) Led

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