Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 717 · 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: name and contact details or hobbies and interests? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
3. 3.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements (c) skills (d) hobbies and interests
4. 4.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Was involved in (c) Managed (d) Organised
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) alphabetical (c) latest first (d) oldest first
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Led
10. 10.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Helped a bit (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Was at the fair
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Kind of handled (c) Organised (d) Managed
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Collected (d) Did some things
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Helped with stuff (d) Managed
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was involved in (c) Kind of handled (d) Collected
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Tried to do (c) Led (d) Built
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was part of (c) Designed (d) Built
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Just attended (d) Designed
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Improved (d) Raised
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Collected (c) Taught (d) Led
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Taught (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
29. 29.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Did some coding (d) Was in the coding club
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Just attended (c) Built (d) Was involved in
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Led (c) Raised (d) Was there for
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
33. 33.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Did collection stuff (c) Was part of it (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Tried to do (c) Kind of handled (d) Organised
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Did some teaching (d) Helped with stuff
40. 40.📑 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

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