Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 763 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Managed (c) Kind of handled (d) Just attended
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Tried to do (c) Managed (d) Taught
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Designed (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
5. 5.📑 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
6. 6.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Helped with stuff (d) Improved
7. 7.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was a helper (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Did some teaching
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Taught (c) Just attended (d) Built
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Kind of handled (c) Collected (d) Taught
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Created (d) Taught
11. 11.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they confuse people (c) they show real results (d) they look pretty
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Managed (c) Was there for (d) Organised
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Led (c) Helped with stuff (d) Improved
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Just attended (c) Did some things (d) Organised
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Did some things (c) Collected (d) Built
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Improved (c) Was there for (d) Built
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some things (d) Led
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Was part of (d) Built
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Taught (c) Did some things (d) Built
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Helped with stuff (c) Built (d) Was involved in
27. 27.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Was in the coding club (c) Kind of helped (d) Built the club website
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Created (d) Just attended
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
31. 31.📝 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
32. 32.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Was part of it (c) Did collection stuff (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Created (d) Just attended
34. 34.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) alphabetical (c) random order (d) oldest first
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Taught (c) Kind of handled (d) Was part of
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.📑 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
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Raised (c) Tried to do (d) Taught

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