Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 768 · 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 part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Raised (d) Was involved in
3. 3.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details (c) achievements (d) skills
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
6. 6.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Collected (d) Tried to do
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Led (d) Kind of handled
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Just attended
9. 9.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Did collection stuff (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Was part of it
10. 10.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Did some things (c) Created (d) Managed
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Improved (c) Did some things (d) Managed
12. 12.📑 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
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
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: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
16. 16.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Did some teaching (d) Helped with stuff
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Just attended (c) Improved (d) Led
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Led
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Organised (c) Improved (d) Raised
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Improved (c) Taught (d) Created
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Designed (d) Was there for
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Raised (d) Just attended
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Designed (c) Tried to do (d) Taught
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Just attended
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Was involved in (c) Just attended (d) Tried to do
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Designed (c) Managed (d) Tried to do
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Built (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught (c) Created (d) Led
39. 39.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Built the club website (c) Was in the coding club (d) Kind of helped
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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