Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 762 · 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: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) a short objective
3. 3.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
4. 4.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Created (c) Collected (d) Helped with stuff
5. 5.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with books (c) Was at the drive (d) Collected 300 books
6. 6.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Kind of helped (c) Did some coding (d) Built the club website
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Organised (d) Did some things
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Built (d) Was part of
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Kind of handled (c) Improved (d) Created
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was there for (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Taught (d) Was involved in
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Managed (c) Collected (d) Tried to do
18. 18.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Did fair things (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Built (c) Managed (d) Just attended
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Improved (c) Created (d) Was part of
23. 23.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Was involved in (d) Created
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Created (c) Did some things (d) Organised
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
33. 33.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Was part of it
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Organised (c) Collected (d) Created
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Raised (c) Tried to do (d) Was part of
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
40. 40.📑 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

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