Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 653 · 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: a short objective or name and contact details? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Did some things (c) Kind of handled (d) Created
3. 3.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
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 strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created
8. 8.📝 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
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Tried to do (c) Managed (d) Was involved in
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Just attended (c) Improved (d) Managed
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Raised
18. 18.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Collected 300 books (c) Helped with books (d) Was at the drive
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Organised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Was part of (c) Taught (d) Did some things
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) achievements
25. 25.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) random order (c) oldest first (d) alphabetical
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Did some things
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Kind of handled
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Built (d) Kind of handled
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Organised (c) Designed (d) Helped with stuff
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Taught (c) Raised (d) Managed
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Created (c) Was there for (d) Designed

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