Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 704 · 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: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
2. 2.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Just attended (d) Built
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Collected (c) Tried to do (d) Was involved in
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Collected (d) Organised
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Improved (c) Built (d) Created
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Kind of helped (c) Did some coding (d) Built the club website
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Organised (c) Was involved in (d) Just attended
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Designed (c) Managed (d) Organised
14. 14.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Did some things (c) Collected 300 books (d) Helped with books
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
16. 16.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Did collection stuff (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Was involved in
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Built (c) Organised (d) Tried to do
21. 21.📑 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
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Collected (c) Tried to do (d) Raised
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Taught (c) Created (d) Organised
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Was involved in (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Led
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
31. 31.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Raised
32. 32.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Created (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Did some teaching (c) Was a helper (d) Helped with stuff
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Raised (c) Kind of handled (d) Just attended
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Taught (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was involved in
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Taught
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Was part of (c) Led (d) Designed

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