Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 657 · 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: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
2. 2.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they fill space (c) they confuse people (d) they look pretty
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
5. 5.📝 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
6. 6.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) skills (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Improved (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some things (d) Raised
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Managed (c) Raised (d) Taught
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Designed (c) Led (d) Did some things
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) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Led
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Collected (d) Was involved in
19. 19.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) alphabetical (c) random order (d) oldest first
20. 20.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Helped with books (c) Did some things (d) Collected 300 books
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Kind of handled
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Organised
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Collected (c) Led (d) Designed
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) a short objective (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Just attended (c) Organised (d) Was part of
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Managed (d) Designed
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Collected (c) Was involved in (d) Led
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Improved (c) Built (d) Was part of

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