Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 720 · 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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with books (c) Collected 300 books (d) Was at the drive
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Tried to do (c) Raised (d) Organised
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Organised (d) Tried to do
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Collected (c) Was part of (d) Designed
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Built (d) Just attended
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
20. 20.📑 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
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some teaching (d) Was a helper
25. 25.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) achievements (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Kind of handled (c) Was involved in (d) Taught
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Did some things (c) Collected (d) Tried to do
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
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.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Built (c) Created (d) Was there for
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Designed
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Taught (c) Managed (d) Was involved in
35. 35.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Built the club website (c) Kind of helped (d) Was in the coding club
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Designed
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Collected (c) Tried to do (d) Helped with stuff
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Managed (c) Did some things (d) Just attended
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Led (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built
40. 40.🔢 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

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