Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 794 · 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 strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Created (d) Was there for
2. 2.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Was at the fair (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Was at the drive (c) Collected 300 books (d) Did some things
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Helped with stuff (d) Organised
9. 9.📑 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
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Built (c) Was part of (d) Taught
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Organised (d) Helped with stuff
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Created (d) Was part of
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
20. 20.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) oldest first (d) alphabetical
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Designed (c) Was there for (d) Organised
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Improved (c) Just attended (d) Led
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Raised (c) Was there for (d) Just attended
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Did some things (c) Designed (d) Organised
28. 28.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details (c) skills (d) achievements
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Kind of handled (c) Managed (d) Improved
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Kind of helped (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some teaching
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Was part of (c) Just attended (d) Was involved in
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Taught (d) Was part of
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Led (c) Just attended (d) Was involved in

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