Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 64 · 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: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Organised (d) Was part of
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Collected (d) Created
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Tried to do (c) Led (d) Organised
7. 7.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Did some coding (d) Was in the coding club
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Raised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
11. 11.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) random order (c) oldest first (d) latest first
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Just attended (c) Raised (d) Was there for
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Raised (c) Created (d) Organised
15. 15.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective (c) hobbies and interests (d) education
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
20. 20.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements (c) hobbies and interests (d) skills
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Raised (c) Tried to do (d) Managed
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Built
23. 23.📑 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
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Was part of (c) Did some things (d) Collected
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Managed (d) Was part of
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Raised
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Created (c) Organised (d) Raised
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Was there for (d) Improved
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught (d) Was there for
34. 34.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Was at the fair (c) Helped a bit (d) Ran the ticket desk
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.📝 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
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Collected (c) Led (d) Kind of handled
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Was there for (d) Kind of handled
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Built (d) Just attended

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