Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 715 · 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: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught (d) Was involved in
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Raised (c) Was there for (d) Built
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
5. 5.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) latest first (c) random order (d) alphabetical
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Managed (c) Did some things (d) Organised
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Just attended (d) Managed
13. 13.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Helped with books (c) Did some things (d) Collected 300 books
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Improved (c) Taught (d) Was part of
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Taught (c) Collected (d) Just attended
17. 17.📑 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
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Kind of handled
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Tried to do
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Was part of (c) Taught (d) Raised
22. 22.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they fill space (c) they confuse people (d) they show real results
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Created (c) Did some things (d) Was part of
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Built (c) Tried to do (d) Just attended
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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Kind of handled (c) Organised (d) Raised
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Led (c) Was involved in (d) Organised
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Improved (c) Just attended (d) Did some things
30. 30.📝 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
31. 31.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) achievements
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Designed (b) Was part of (c) Was there for (d) Just attended
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Led (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Tried to do (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details

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