Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 671 · 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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Designed (c) Collected (d) Tried to do
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
4. 4.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) latest first
5. 5.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Did collection stuff (d) Was part of it
6. 6.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Organised (c) Was involved in (d) Tried to do
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Did some things
9. 9.📑 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
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Led (c) Taught (d) Tried to do
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
14. 14.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they look pretty (c) they fill space (d) they show real results
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
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 of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Managed (c) Improved (d) Was part of
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Collected
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
21. 21.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Was at the fair (c) Helped a bit (d) Ran the ticket desk
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Managed (d) Just attended
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
27. 27.📑 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
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
31. 31.📝 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
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
34. 34.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Was in the coding club (c) Kind of helped (d) Built the club website
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Did some things (d) Created
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Built (c) Managed (d) Kind of handled
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Taught
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Collected (c) Was part of (d) Taught

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