Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 654 · 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: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Designed (c) Raised (d) Created
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Did some things
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Tried to do (c) Taught (d) Was there for
11. 11.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they look pretty (c) they show real results (d) they fill space
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
16. 16.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Did fair things
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Designed (c) Tried to do (d) Taught
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was there for (c) Raised (d) Designed
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
22. 22.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) skills
23. 23.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Kind of handled (c) Taught (d) Led
25. 25.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some teaching
26. 26.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Built the club website (c) Did some coding (d) Kind of helped
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Helped with stuff (c) Raised (d) Did some things
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Managed
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Collected
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Built (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Tried to do (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Led (c) Helped with stuff (d) Kind of handled
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Was there for (d) Organised

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