Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 773 · 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) Led (b) Kind of handled (c) Created (d) Managed
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Did some things (c) Tried to do (d) Helped with stuff
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Led (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Built (c) Organised (d) Kind of handled
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Designed (c) Taught (d) Was part of
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Created (c) Was part of (d) Collected
11. 11.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Did some coding (c) Kind of helped (d) Was in the coding club
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Designed
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Just attended (c) Taught (d) Organised
15. 15.📝 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
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Built (c) Raised (d) Did some things
17. 17.📑 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
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
19. 19.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Collected 300 books (c) Helped with books (d) Did some things
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Tried to do (c) Was involved in (d) Was part of
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
24. 24.📑 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
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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Designed (c) Raised (d) Organised
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Organised (b) Was involved in (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
30. 30.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some teaching (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Led (c) Collected (d) Organised
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Kind of handled (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Was there for (d) Managed
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Was involved in (d) Collected
35. 35.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Did fair things (c) Helped a bit (d) Ran the ticket desk
36. 36.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) oldest first (c) alphabetical (d) random order
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
40. 40.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests

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