Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 70 · 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 achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Managed
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Led (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) name and contact details (c) achievements (d) hobbies and interests
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some things (d) Managed
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Collected (c) Just attended (d) Improved
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Did some things (c) Led (d) Was there for
14. 14.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) oldest first (c) latest first (d) random order
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Improved (c) Was part of (d) Designed
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Was part of
17. 17.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Did some things (c) Was at the drive (d) Helped with books
18. 18.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they show real results (c) they confuse people (d) they look pretty
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Improved (d) Was involved in
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Designed (c) Led (d) Organised
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was involved in (c) Managed (d) Improved
27. 27.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
29. 29.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Was in the coding club (c) Kind of helped (d) Did some coding
30. 30.📑 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
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.📑 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
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Just attended (c) Helped with stuff (d) Raised
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Was part of (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Was at the fair (c) Helped a bit (d) Did fair things
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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