Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 696 · 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 a short objective? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Organised (c) Was there for (d) Taught
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Organised (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was there for
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Just attended (d) Raised
7. 7.📝 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
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Built (c) Helped with stuff (d) Improved
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Taught (c) Kind of handled (d) Managed
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Tried to do (c) Was involved in (d) Designed
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Raised (c) Did some things (d) Kind of handled
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Designed (c) Created (d) Just attended
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Did some things (c) Taught (d) Managed
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Just attended
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Improved (c) Was part of (d) Did some things
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Created
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Improved (c) Built (d) Kind of handled
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Managed (c) Taught (d) Just attended
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Created (d) Just attended
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Designed (c) Just attended (d) Helped with stuff
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was involved in (c) Tried to do (d) Helped with stuff
31. 31.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Managed (c) Tried to do (d) Helped with stuff
32. 32.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Did some coding (c) Kind of helped (d) Built the club website
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Tried to do
35. 35.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests (c) skills (d) name and contact details
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Kind of handled (c) Collected (d) Was involved in
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Collected (c) Led (d) Was there for
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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