Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 784 · 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.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) alphabetical (c) random order (d) latest first
2. 2.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Did collection stuff (c) Was part of it (d) Helped with fundraising
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Raised (c) Collected (d) Created
6. 6.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Just attended (c) Managed (d) Built
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Taught (c) Helped with stuff (d) Raised
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
12. 12.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Was at the fair (c) Helped a bit (d) Did fair things
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Tried to do (d) Just attended
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Built (c) Kind of handled (d) Was part of
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Kind of handled (c) Was involved in (d) Tried to do
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Did some things (c) Just attended (d) Was there for
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Managed
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some things (d) Kind of handled
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Taught (c) Managed (d) Did some things
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Just attended (c) Did some things (d) Kind of handled
21. 21.📝 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
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was part of (c) Helped with stuff (d) Kind of handled
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Raised (c) Was there for (d) Led
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
32. 32.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Did some teaching (d) Helped with stuff
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Built
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Improved (c) Just attended (d) Taught
36. 36.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they confuse people (c) they fill space (d) they look pretty
37. 37.📑 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
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Taught (c) Designed (d) Kind of handled
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details

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