Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 749 · 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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Collected 300 books (c) Was at the drive (d) Helped with books
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Organised (d) Built
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Did some things (c) Created (d) Collected
6. 6.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
8. 8.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Did some teaching
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Collected
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Designed (c) Led (d) Just attended
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Built (c) Did some things (d) Was involved in
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Did some things (c) Designed (d) Taught
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Just attended
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Created (c) Led (d) Tried to do
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Led
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
25. 25.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Did some coding (c) Kind of helped (d) Built the club website
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Raised (d) Just attended
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Taught (c) Built (d) Was involved in
31. 31.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) skills (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
32. 32.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Did fair things (c) Was at the fair (d) Helped a bit
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Managed
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Taught
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Did some things
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Was part of (c) Designed (d) Raised

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