Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 627 · 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 skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
2. 2.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Did fair things
3. 3.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they show real results (c) they fill space (d) they look pretty
4. 4.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Was part of (c) Managed (d) Organised
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 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
7. 7.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) name and contact details (d) skills
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Improved (c) Led (d) Designed
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Built (c) Organised (d) Designed
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Organised (b) Was involved in (c) Kind of handled (d) Was there for
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Did some things (d) Taught
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Created
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Managed (c) Was there for (d) Led
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Just attended
20. 20.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Managed (c) Built (d) Taught
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Built (d) Managed
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Just attended
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Improved (c) Built (d) Managed
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Was part of
30. 30.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education (c) a short objective (d) name and contact details
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Improved (d) Was part of
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Managed (d) Kind of handled
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Collected (d) Tried to do
38. 38.📑 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
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Raised (c) Collected (d) Designed

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