Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 710 · 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: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Improved
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Designed (c) Managed (d) Just attended
4. 4.📑 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
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Raised (c) Did some things (d) Designed
6. 6.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Was at the drive (c) Collected 300 books (d) Helped with books
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Designed (c) Was there for (d) Kind of handled
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Managed (c) Was there for (d) Built
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Kind of handled (c) Raised (d) Was involved in
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Helped with stuff (c) Raised (d) Collected
19. 19.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details (c) skills (d) achievements
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) oldest first (c) alphabetical (d) random order
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Led (d) Was part of
23. 23.🔢 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
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Did some things (c) Designed (d) Built
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Created (c) Was involved in (d) Improved
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Managed (c) Organised (d) Designed
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Was there for (d) Organised
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
37. 37.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Was at the fair (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Did fair things
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some things (d) Created
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Designed (c) Led (d) Was part of
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Managed (c) Built (d) Kind of handled

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