Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 666 · 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.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) random order (c) oldest first (d) alphabetical
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Improved (c) Taught (d) Raised
4. 4.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Did fair things (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Helped a bit
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Collected (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Managed (d) Just attended
7. 7.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Was in the coding club (c) Did some coding (d) Built the club website
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Raised
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was involved in (c) Tried to do (d) Built
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Created (c) Led (d) Built
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Just attended (c) Created (d) Was part of
15. 15.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) skills
16. 16.📑 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
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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Led
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 line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Did some things (c) Collected 300 books (d) Was at the drive
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Just attended (c) Designed (d) Kind of handled
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Tried to do (c) Organised (d) Led
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Raised
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Kind of handled (c) Taught (d) Managed
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Raised (c) Designed (d) Just attended
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Designed (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Created (c) Did some things (d) Kind of handled
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Kind of handled
35. 35.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) education
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Created (c) Just attended (d) Designed
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Organised (c) Was there for (d) Collected
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Did some things (c) Organised (d) Built
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Built (d) Tried to do

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