Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 758 · 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 of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Was part of (c) Improved (d) Collected
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Built (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
4. 4.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they look pretty (c) they confuse people (d) they fill space
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Improved (c) Was part of (d) Managed
6. 6.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Managed (c) Led (d) Created
7. 7.📑 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
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Managed (c) Was involved in (d) Was there for
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Was involved in
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Managed (c) Led (d) Taught
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was involved in (c) Collected (d) Created
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Organised (c) Collected (d) Just attended
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
16. 16.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) education (d) a short objective
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
19. 19.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first
20. 20.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Taught (c) Was involved in (d) Managed
21. 21.📑 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
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Designed (c) Managed (d) Organised
26. 26.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Helped with stuff
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Was in the coding club (c) Did some coding (d) Kind of helped
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Managed (d) Tried to do
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Kind of handled (c) Improved (d) Helped with stuff
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Managed (d) Was there for
34. 34.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Did some things (c) Helped with books (d) Collected 300 books
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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