Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 791 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Raised (c) Improved (d) Did some things
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Was part of it (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Did collection stuff
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Raised
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Organised (c) Raised (d) Designed
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Did some things (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was involved in (c) Organised (d) Tried to do
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) alphabetical (c) random order (d) latest first
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Created (c) Just attended (d) Improved
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Was at the drive (c) Helped with books (d) Did some things
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Was at the fair (c) Helped a bit (d) Ran the ticket desk
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Managed (c) Collected (d) Taught
25. 25.📑 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
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
27. 27.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Led (d) Tried to do
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Taught (c) Was involved in (d) Tried to do
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Led (c) Was part of (d) Kind of handled
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
32. 32.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) achievements
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Managed (c) Was part of (d) Tried to do
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Designed
35. 35.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details (c) education (d) hobbies and interests
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
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) Just attended (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Was involved in
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Was part of (c) Collected (d) Raised

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