Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 626 · 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) Just attended (b) Kind of handled (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
2. 2.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they fill space (c) they look pretty (d) they confuse people
3. 3.📑 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
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Organised (c) Did some things (d) Collected
6. 6.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Was part of it (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Did collection stuff
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught (c) Collected (d) Raised
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Organised
10. 10.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Collected 300 books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Helped with stuff (c) Kind of handled (d) Was part of
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Collected (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Created (c) Built (d) Was there for
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Organised (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Raised (d) Just attended
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Just attended
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: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Improved (c) Taught (d) Collected
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
26. 26.📑 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
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Was part of (c) Built (d) Organised
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Designed (d) Was part of
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Tried to do
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Managed (c) Tried to do (d) Was part of
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first
36. 36.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Was a helper (d) Did some teaching
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Built
38. 38.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Kind of helped (c) Was in the coding club (d) Built the club website
39. 39.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) achievements
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Tried to do (d) Created

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