Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 765 · 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: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Did some things (c) Kind of handled (d) Was there for
4. 4.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education (c) a short objective (d) name and contact details
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Taught (c) Was involved in (d) Created
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Kind of handled (c) Just attended (d) Collected
10. 10.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Collected 300 books (c) Did some things (d) Helped with books
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Raised (d) Was involved in
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Just attended (c) Collected (d) Was part of
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
16. 16.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details (c) achievements (d) skills
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Organised (d) Just attended
19. 19.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Did some coding (c) Kind of helped (d) Built the club website
20. 20.📝 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
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
23. 23.📑 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
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Improved (d) Was part of
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Built (c) Collected (d) Did some things
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Organised (c) Collected (d) Led
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) oldest first (c) random order (d) latest first
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Raised
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was there for (c) Built (d) Was part of
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Designed (c) Managed (d) Helped with stuff
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (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 hobbies and interests? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests

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