Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 655 · 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: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Built (c) Taught (d) Collected
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Created (c) Raised (d) Was part of
5. 5.📑 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
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
8. 8.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Did collection stuff (d) Was part of it
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Led
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Collected (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
11. 11.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Was at the drive (c) Collected 300 books (d) Did some things
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Created (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Kind of handled
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Improved
17. 17.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) oldest first (d) alphabetical
18. 18.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) a short objective (d) education
19. 19.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) achievements
20. 20.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Led (c) Collected (d) Did some things
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Built (c) Tried to do (d) Led
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.📑 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
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Collected (c) Was part of (d) Kind of handled
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
27. 27.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Tried to do (c) Kind of handled (d) Did some things
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Organised (c) Improved (d) Was there for
31. 31.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Was at the fair (d) Helped a bit
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Just attended (d) Managed
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Did some things (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Just attended
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education

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