Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 726 · 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: a short objective or name and contact details? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details
2. 2.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Did collection stuff (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Was part of it
3. 3.📝 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
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Created (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Designed (c) Was there for (d) Organised
8. 8.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Was a helper (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some teaching
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Improved (d) Was involved in
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Improved (c) Managed (d) Designed
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Led (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Managed
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Organised (c) Created (d) Improved
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Raised (d) Was part of
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Taught (c) Organised (d) Just attended
23. 23.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education (c) a short objective (d) name and contact details
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Taught
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Built
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Organised (c) Was involved in (d) Improved
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Just attended (c) Created (d) Managed
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.📑 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
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Did some things (c) Managed (d) Led
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Built (c) Did some things (d) Was part of
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Was at the fair (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in

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