Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 721 · 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.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was a helper (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Designed (c) Led (d) Created
3. 3.📑 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
4. 4.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they look pretty (c) they fill space (d) they show real results
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Kind of handled
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Organised (c) Tried to do (d) Improved
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Built (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught (d) Did some things
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Led (c) Collected (d) Just attended
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Collected (c) Was part of (d) Designed
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Did some things (c) Organised (d) Managed
18. 18.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Built
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Raised (c) Was there for (d) Was part of
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Improved (c) Was there for (d) Collected
24. 24.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) latest first (d) alphabetical
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
28. 28.📑 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
29. 29.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) achievements
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Led (d) Raised
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Just attended (c) Kind of handled (d) Created
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Helped with books (c) Did some things (d) Was at the drive
36. 36.📑 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
37. 37.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Was part of it (d) Did collection stuff
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Created (b) Helped with stuff (c) Kind of handled (d) Did some things
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests

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