Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 795 · 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) Created (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Just attended (c) Managed (d) Was involved in
6. 6.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Improved
8. 8.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) skills (d) achievements
9. 9.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Was at the fair (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Helped a bit
10. 10.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Did some coding (c) Kind of helped (d) Built the club website
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Built (c) Tried to do (d) Was there for
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Was involved in
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Designed (c) Was there for (d) Improved
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Kind of handled (c) Organised (d) Just attended
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Organised
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Was part of (c) Led (d) Designed
20. 20.📝 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
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Just attended (c) Collected (d) Kind of handled
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Designed
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Kind of handled (c) Built (d) Just attended
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Raised
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Did some things (c) Led (d) Tried to do
32. 32.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some teaching (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or a short objective? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Improved (c) Collected (d) Helped with stuff
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Led (d) Kind of handled
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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