Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 760 · 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: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Collected (c) Created (d) Helped with stuff
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Did some things (d) Was there for
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Built (c) Designed (d) Did some things
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Just attended (c) Managed (d) Built
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Tried to do (c) Kind of handled (d) Designed
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
10. 10.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Was involved in (c) Led (d) Improved
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Collected (c) Did some things (d) Was part of
14. 14.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Did some coding (c) Kind of helped (d) Was in the coding club
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Managed (c) Was there for (d) Collected
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
18. 18.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with books (c) Collected 300 books (d) Was at the drive
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
21. 21.📑 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
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Just attended (c) Tried to do (d) Managed
25. 25.📑 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
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Improved (c) Helped with stuff (d) Organised
27. 27.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Was at the fair (c) Did fair things (d) Helped a bit
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Organised (c) Kind of handled (d) Taught
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Managed (c) Collected (d) Was part of
30. 30.📑 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
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Organised
32. 32.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Organised (c) Tried to do (d) Designed
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Tried to do (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Organised (c) Was involved in (d) Designed
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Built (d) Just attended
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details (c) achievements (d) skills
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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