Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 71 · 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 skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Just attended (c) Raised (d) Organised
4. 4.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests (c) skills (d) name and contact details
5. 5.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Did some coding (c) Was in the coding club (d) Kind of helped
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Designed (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Taught (c) Just attended (d) Kind of handled
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Kind of handled (c) Improved (d) Built
9. 9.📑 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
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Taught (c) Was there for (d) Managed
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Kind of handled (c) Taught (d) Designed
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Collected (c) Managed (d) Was part of
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Led
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
17. 17.📝 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
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some teaching (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was involved in (c) Organised (d) Just attended
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
24. 24.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Did collection stuff (c) Was part of it (d) Helped with fundraising
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Led
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Improved (d) Just attended
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
30. 30.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) a short objective
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.📑 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
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Was involved in (c) Designed (d) Managed
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Collected (d) Helped with stuff
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Just attended (c) Kind of handled (d) Did some things
40. 40.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first

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