Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 730 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Organised (d) Just attended
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Was involved in (d) Designed
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
6. 6.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Created (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Collected (c) Was there for (d) Improved
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Led (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
11. 11.📑 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
12. 12.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Did some things (c) Collected 300 books (d) Was at the drive
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Built (c) Collected (d) Just attended
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Did some teaching (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Helped with stuff
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was involved in (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Tried to do (c) Led (d) Built
25. 25.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
26. 26.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.📑 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
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Improved (c) Did some things (d) Was involved in
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Taught (c) Improved (d) Helped with stuff
34. 34.📑 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
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
38. 38.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Built the club website (c) Kind of helped (d) Did some coding
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Improved (c) Built (d) Was part of
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective

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