Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 658 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Taught (c) Tried to do (d) Managed
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Just attended (c) Tried to do (d) Built
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Tried to do (c) Did some things (d) Led
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Led (d) Tried to do
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Raised
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or a short objective? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Helped with stuff (d) Organised
15. 15.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with books (c) Was at the drive (d) Collected 300 books
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Created (c) Collected (d) Was there for
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Designed (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Collected (c) Did some things (d) Led
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Collected (c) Taught (d) Helped with stuff
26. 26.📑 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
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
29. 29.📑 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
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
31. 31.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Helped a bit (d) Did fair things
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 is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Created
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Taught (d) Helped with stuff
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details (c) skills (d) achievements
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Was part of
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Improved (c) Led (d) Created
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Was part of (c) Designed (d) Created

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