Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 680 · 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 name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught (d) Led
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Managed
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Was at the fair (d) Helped a bit
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Was there for (c) Created (d) Built
9. 9.📑 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
10. 10.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
11. 11.📑 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
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Created (c) Led (d) Was involved in
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Did some teaching (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Designed (c) Was part of (d) Created
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
20. 20.📝 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
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Improved (c) Kind of handled (d) Was part of
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Improved (d) Designed
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
24. 24.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) achievements (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Taught (c) Was involved in (d) Was part of
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Built (c) Raised (d) Just attended
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
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 there for (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Was involved in
32. 32.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they fill space (c) they confuse people (d) they look pretty
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Improved (c) Was involved in (d) Just attended
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Was part of it (c) Did collection stuff (d) Helped with fundraising
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Designed (c) Organised (d) Was involved in
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Led (c) Built (d) Taught
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Did some things (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff

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