Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 638 · 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: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
2. 2.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Just attended (d) Organised
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
6. 6.📑 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
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Was part of (c) Collected (d) Built
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Built (c) Did some things (d) Collected
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught (d) Managed
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 line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Was in the coding club (c) Kind of helped (d) Built the club website
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Led (c) Tried to do (d) Taught
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Taught (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Just attended (c) Tried to do (d) Helped with stuff
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
17. 17.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
18. 18.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) skills (c) achievements (d) hobbies and interests
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Helped with stuff (c) Improved (d) Did some things
20. 20.📑 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
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Kind of handled (c) Collected (d) Taught
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Did some things (c) Just attended (d) Built
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Helped with stuff (c) Raised (d) Taught
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Did some things (c) Just attended (d) Tried to do
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Collected (c) Taught (d) Was there for
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Managed
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Designed (c) Taught (d) Built
40. 40.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) alphabetical (d) latest first

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