Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 699 · 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: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Improved (d) Did some things
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
4. 4.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) skills (d) name and contact details
5. 5.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Was a helper (d) Did some teaching
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Raised (c) Led (d) Tried to do
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Created (d) Tried to do
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Taught (c) Was there for (d) Led
15. 15.📝 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
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was involved in (c) Managed (d) Was part of
20. 20.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Built (d) Taught
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Created (c) Built (d) Organised
22. 22.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) a short objective (d) education
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
25. 25.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Kind of helped (c) Built the club website (d) Was in the coding club
26. 26.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) latest first (c) random order (d) alphabetical
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Tried to do (d) Built
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Collected (c) Organised (d) Just attended
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Created (c) Collected (d) Raised
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Was involved in (c) Collected (d) Organised
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Improved (c) Created (d) Raised
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Improved (c) Helped with stuff (d) Tried to do
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Did some things
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Built (c) Organised (d) Improved
39. 39.📑 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
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests

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