Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 740 · 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 projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Helped with books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Built (c) Created (d) Just attended
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Was there for (c) Organised (d) Led
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
15. 15.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Did collection stuff (c) Was part of it (d) Helped with fundraising
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
17. 17.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) achievements (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Tried to do (c) Improved (d) Collected
19. 19.📑 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
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Taught (c) Tried to do (d) Led
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
26. 26.📑 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
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
28. 28.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details (c) education (d) hobbies and interests
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Did some things (d) Built
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Was in the coding club (c) Built the club website (d) Kind of helped
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Managed
35. 35.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) latest first (c) alphabetical (d) random order
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Helped with stuff (c) Designed (d) Kind of handled
37. 37.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Helped with stuff
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Built (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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