Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 697 · 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: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
2. 2.📑 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
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
4. 4.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Just attended
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Built (c) Kind of handled (d) Improved
6. 6.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Created (d) Was involved in
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Tried to do (c) Did some things (d) Just attended
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Did collection stuff (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Was part of it
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Did some things (c) Collected (d) Built
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Organised (d) Helped with stuff
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Did some things (c) Collected (d) Managed
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) Created (b) Collected (c) Designed (d) Was part of
17. 17.📑 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
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Taught
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Taught (c) Improved (d) Managed
22. 22.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) skills (d) name and contact details
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Organised (d) Was involved in
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Just attended
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Collected (c) Managed (d) Designed
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Just attended (c) Managed (d) Was there for
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Taught (c) Was there for (d) Was part of
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Built the club website (c) Kind of helped (d) Did some coding
37. 37.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they confuse people (c) they show real results (d) they fill space
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Tried to do (c) Organised (d) Taught
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details

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