Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 646 · 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 hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Helped with books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Did some things
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Built (c) Led (d) Was part of
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they look pretty (c) they confuse people (d) they fill space
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Improved (c) Managed (d) Just attended
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
14. 14.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) latest first
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Built (c) Managed (d) Was involved in
16. 16.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) skills (c) achievements (d) hobbies and interests
17. 17.📝 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
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Led (c) Was part of (d) Built
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Raised (c) Collected (d) Built
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Designed (d) Was there for
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
26. 26.📑 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
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Managed (c) Led (d) Was there for
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) Was there for (b) Kind of handled (c) Was involved in (d) Collected
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Led
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Created (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was involved in (c) Led (d) Was part of
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Tried to do (c) Taught (d) Improved
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests

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