Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 65 · 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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) achievements
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
4. 4.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Kind of helped (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Improved (d) Was part of
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Created (c) Designed (d) Kind of handled
7. 7.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective (c) education (d) hobbies and interests
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Created (c) Built (d) Was there for
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
14. 14.📑 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
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Led (c) Managed (d) Built
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
19. 19.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) oldest first (c) alphabetical (d) random order
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Created (c) Raised (d) Just attended
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Organised (d) Helped with stuff
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Did some things
23. 23.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they show real results (c) they fill space (d) they look pretty
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Tried to do
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
26. 26.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Did fair things (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Did collection stuff (d) Helped with fundraising
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Designed (d) Did some things
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Organised (c) Created (d) Taught
40. 40.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some teaching (d) Was a helper

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