Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 677 · 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: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
7. 7.📑 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
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Raised (c) Tried to do (d) Helped with stuff
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Taught (d) Was involved in
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Just attended (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Created (d) Was there for
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Tried to do (c) Raised (d) Taught
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
19. 19.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Was at the fair (d) Did fair things
20. 20.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Did some coding (c) Was in the coding club (d) Built the club website
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
24. 24.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was a helper (c) Did some teaching (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Designed
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Collected (c) Organised (d) Did some things
31. 31.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
32. 32.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Did some things (c) Helped with books (d) Collected 300 books
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Created (c) Organised (d) Taught
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or name and contact details? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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