Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 623 · 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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
2. 2.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Was at the fair (d) Helped a bit
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education (c) name and contact details (d) a short objective
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Led (c) Organised (d) Just attended
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Designed (c) Tried to do (d) Managed
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Tried to do
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Organised
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Improved (c) Kind of handled (d) Led
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Kind of handled
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Raised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
19. 19.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they show real results (c) they confuse people (d) they look pretty
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Designed
21. 21.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Did collection stuff (d) Was part of it
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Led
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) alphabetical (c) latest first (d) random order
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Built (d) Organised
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Designed
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Was part of
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Kind of handled (d) Just attended
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Led (d) Just attended
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
31. 31.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) achievements (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
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.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some teaching (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Managed (c) Just attended (d) Improved
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Taught (c) Did some things (d) Built

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