Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 649 · 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.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Did some teaching (d) Was a helper
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.📑 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
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Was involved in (c) Raised (d) Collected
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
8. 8.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Built the club website (c) Was in the coding club (d) Kind of helped
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) oldest first (c) random order (d) latest first
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Tried to do (c) Created (d) Designed
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
14. 14.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) name and contact details (d) skills
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Built (d) Kind of handled
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Collected (c) Created (d) Improved
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Organised (d) Kind of handled
20. 20.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Was at the fair (d) Did fair things
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Just attended (c) Built (d) Was part of
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or a short objective? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Was involved in (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
26. 26.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with books (c) Was at the drive (d) Collected 300 books
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Was part of it (c) Did collection stuff (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Taught (c) Just attended (d) Collected
31. 31.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Did some things (c) Created (d) Was part of
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Raised (c) Did some things (d) Collected
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Was there for
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Led (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was involved in
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Taught (c) Improved (d) Designed

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