Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 702 · 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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
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 of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Collected
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Just attended (d) Tried to do
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Collected (c) Created (d) Taught
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
10. 10.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details (c) education (d) a short objective
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Kind of handled
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Did some things (d) Built
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Led (c) Built (d) Just attended
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Was involved in (c) Led (d) Improved
16. 16.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) skills (d) achievements
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Just attended (c) Managed (d) Organised
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Led
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Just attended (d) Improved
27. 27.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some teaching (d) Was a helper
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Built (c) Kind of handled (d) Improved
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) random order (c) oldest first (d) latest first
32. 32.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Did fair things (c) Was at the fair (d) Ran the ticket desk
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Organised (c) Built (d) Taught
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Built (c) Did some things (d) Led
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Created
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills

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