Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 77 · 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.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they look pretty (c) they show real results (d) they confuse people
2. 2.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) random order (c) oldest first (d) latest first
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Improved (c) Just attended (d) Managed
4. 4.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
10. 10.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Did collection stuff (d) Helped with fundraising
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Improved (c) Kind of handled (d) Raised
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Collected (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Raised (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
16. 16.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Was at the drive (c) Collected 300 books (d) Helped with books
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Kind of handled (c) Taught (d) Raised
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Raised
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Tried to do (c) Kind of handled (d) Was part of
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Managed (c) Improved (d) Built
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
26. 26.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Was a helper (d) Did some teaching
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Was there for (c) Created (d) Organised
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Kind of handled (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
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: hobbies and interests or name and contact details? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Taught (c) Organised (d) Collected
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Built (d) Was involved in
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Was part of
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Managed (c) Led (d) Did some things
38. 38.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Did fair things
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Led (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests

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