Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 635 · 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.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they confuse people (c) they fill space (d) they show real results
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
5. 5.📑 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
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Did some things (c) Kind of handled (d) Was there for
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Created
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Helped with stuff (c) Collected (d) Was there for
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Built (d) Just attended
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Improved (c) Collected (d) Was involved in
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Tried to do (c) Raised (d) Built
20. 20.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) latest first (c) alphabetical (d) random order
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Collected
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.📑 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
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Was part of (c) Managed (d) Helped with stuff
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Organised (d) Helped with stuff
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Improved (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was involved in
30. 30.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) name and contact details (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Improved (c) Was part of (d) Led
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Just attended (c) Led (d) Was part of
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Designed (c) Built (d) Created
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Created (c) Collected (d) Helped with stuff
35. 35.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) skills (d) achievements
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Just attended
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Helped with stuff (d) Improved
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Raised (c) Was involved in (d) Did some things
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills

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