Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 771 · 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.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Was involved in (c) Built (d) Led
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Built (c) Just attended (d) Designed
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
5. 5.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Was in the coding club (c) Kind of helped (d) Did some coding
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Created (d) Was part of
7. 7.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Helped with books (c) Did some things (d) Collected 300 books
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Tried to do (d) Collected
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Created (c) Built (d) Designed
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Created
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Did some things
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
19. 19.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) name and contact details (d) skills
20. 20.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Did some things (d) Kind of handled
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Was involved in (d) Led
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Kind of handled (c) Organised (d) Managed
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Collected (c) Designed (d) Helped with stuff
31. 31.📑 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
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Built
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Managed (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
39. 39.📑 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
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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