Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 691 · 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: name and contact details or hobbies and interests? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.📑 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
4. 4.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) education
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Taught (c) Just attended (d) Helped with stuff
6. 6.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Collected (c) Led (d) Was involved in
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Just attended
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📑 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
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was there for (d) Raised
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Designed (c) Did some things (d) Built
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
19. 19.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they fill space (c) they look pretty (d) they show real results
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Built (c) Was involved in (d) Was there for
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
23. 23.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Was part of it (c) Did collection stuff (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Built (d) Did some things
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
30. 30.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) latest first (c) oldest first (d) random order
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught (d) Managed
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Did some things (d) Led
34. 34.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Was at the drive (c) Helped with books (d) Did some things
35. 35.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details (c) skills (d) hobbies and interests
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Did some things (c) Raised (d) Organised
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was involved in (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Helped with stuff
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education

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