Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 766 · 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: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Raised (c) Did some things (d) Taught
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Raised (c) Led (d) Taught
4. 4.📑 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
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Organised (c) Designed (d) Led
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.📑 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
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Designed (c) Created (d) Taught
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Improved (d) Kind of handled
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
11. 11.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Led
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Created (c) Raised (d) Helped with stuff
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Kind of handled (c) Created (d) Collected
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Created (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
24. 24.📑 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
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Tried to do (c) Was there for (d) Collected
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Designed (c) Kind of handled (d) Just attended
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Raised (c) Tried to do (d) Was involved in
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (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 education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Improved
33. 33.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they confuse people (c) they look pretty (d) they fill space
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Tried to do (c) Improved (d) Created
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Did some things (c) Taught (d) Built
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Improved (c) Raised (d) Tried to do
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Just attended (c) Taught (d) Was part of

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