Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 660 · 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) Helped with stuff (b) Collected (c) Tried to do (d) Was involved in
2. 2.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Just attended (d) Designed
3. 3.📑 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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Designed (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) name and contact details (c) achievements (d) hobbies and interests
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Created (d) Tried to do
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Just attended (c) Helped with stuff (d) Organised
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Was there for (d) Improved
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Tried to do (c) Created (d) Designed
18. 18.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Did some things (c) Was at the drive (d) Collected 300 books
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Built (c) Created (d) Led
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Was part of (c) Built (d) Managed
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Taught (c) Collected (d) Organised
25. 25.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) a short objective
26. 26.📑 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
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Created (c) Built (d) Managed
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Led (c) Organised (d) Raised
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Did some things (c) Designed (d) Created
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
32. 32.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Did fair things (d) Was at the fair
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Created (c) Tried to do (d) Improved
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Managed (d) Collected
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Led (c) Organised (d) Was there for
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Just attended (d) Managed
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
38. 38.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some teaching (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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