Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 664 · 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: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Just attended (c) Led (d) Built
5. 5.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Did collection stuff (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Helped with fundraising
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Created (c) Helped with stuff (d) Improved
7. 7.📑 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
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Was there for (c) Managed (d) Built
9. 9.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) a short objective
10. 10.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Was in the coding club (c) Did some coding (d) Kind of helped
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Just attended (c) Kind of handled (d) Led
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Did some things (c) Managed (d) Was involved in
15. 15.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) oldest first (c) random order (d) latest first
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
18. 18.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Tried to do (c) Kind of handled (d) Organised
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Just attended (d) Collected
21. 21.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Did some teaching (c) Was a helper (d) Helped with stuff
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Led (c) Improved (d) Was part of
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Just attended (d) Collected
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Created (c) Tried to do (d) Just attended
26. 26.📑 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
27. 27.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Kind of handled (c) Improved (d) Helped with stuff
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Improved (c) Organised (d) Tried to do
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Raised (c) Built (d) Was part of
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Taught (d) Was there for
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Tried to do (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was involved in
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Was involved in (c) Collected (d) Led
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Organised (c) Taught (d) Did some things
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details

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