Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 707 · 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: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some things (d) Kind of handled
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Did some things (d) Designed
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Raised (c) Tried to do (d) Built
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Led (c) Was there for (d) Designed
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Just attended (c) Raised (d) Taught
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Created (c) Built (d) Was part of
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Raised (c) Just attended (d) Did some things
15. 15.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Did fair things (c) Helped a bit (d) Ran the ticket desk
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Managed (c) Taught (d) Helped with stuff
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Built (c) Organised (d) Improved
19. 19.📑 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
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Taught (c) Managed (d) Was part of
23. 23.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) a short objective
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
25. 25.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Was in the coding club (c) Kind of helped (d) Built the club website
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Collected (c) Kind of handled (d) Created
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Designed
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Was there for (d) Was part of
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Collected (c) Designed (d) Taught
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
39. 39.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) name and contact details (d) skills
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Managed (d) Kind of handled

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