Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 753 · 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) Helped with stuff (b) Did some teaching (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Was there for
4. 4.📑 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
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Created (b) Was part of (c) Was involved in (d) Tried to do
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Built (c) Collected (d) Was involved in
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Tried to do
9. 9.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests (c) education (d) name and contact details
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
15. 15.📑 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
16. 16.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) random order (c) oldest first (d) latest first
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Helped with stuff (c) Managed (d) Taught
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Raised (c) Tried to do (d) Helped with stuff
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Tried to do (d) Collected
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Was there for (c) Raised (d) Improved
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Led (c) Created (d) Helped with stuff
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
30. 30.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Did fair things (c) Was at the fair (d) Ran the ticket desk
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
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.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Did some things (d) Taught
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or a short objective? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Improved (c) Was part of (d) Raised
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
38. 38.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Collected (c) Just attended (d) Was involved in
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Was part of

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