Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 793 · 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 section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details (c) skills (d) hobbies and interests
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Organised (c) Was involved in (d) Led
4. 4.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Led (d) Just attended
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Improved (d) Was involved in
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Was a helper (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some teaching
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Designed (d) Did some things
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Designed
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Managed (c) Collected (d) Designed
16. 16.📝 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
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
19. 19.📑 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
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Was at the fair (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Did fair things
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Collected (c) Was part of (d) Designed
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Improved (c) Created (d) Helped with stuff
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Tried to do (c) Organised (d) Was part of
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Just attended (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Collected (c) Managed (d) Was part of
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Improved (c) Did some things (d) Was part of
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Taught
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Taught (c) Tried to do (d) Created
40. 40.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Was in the coding club

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