Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 764 · 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: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.📝 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
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Was involved in (c) Improved (d) Built
4. 4.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Was there for (c) Did some things (d) Was part of
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Tried to do (c) Taught (d) Improved
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Helped a bit (c) Was at the fair (d) Ran the ticket desk
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Did some coding (c) Was in the coding club (d) Built the club website
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Raised (c) Just attended (d) Managed
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Did some teaching (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Helped with stuff
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Led (c) Helped with stuff (d) Managed
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Collected (c) Managed (d) Was there for
19. 19.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) oldest first (d) alphabetical
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
22. 22.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) name and contact details (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Did some things (c) Just attended (d) Tried to do
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
28. 28.📑 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
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Kind of handled
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Kind of handled (c) Just attended (d) Tried to do
37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Built (c) Was part of (d) Managed
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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests

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