Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 797 · 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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📑 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
6. 6.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Kind of helped
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Created (c) Was part of (d) Just attended
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Just attended (c) Kind of handled (d) Was part of
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
11. 11.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) skills (d) name and contact details
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Was part of
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.📑 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
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Collected
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Designed (d) Helped with stuff
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Built (c) Did some things (d) Managed
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Organised
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Built (d) Helped with stuff
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or hobbies and interests? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Was part of
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Created (c) Kind of handled (d) Raised
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Collected (c) Just attended (d) Helped with stuff
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Just attended (c) Collected (d) Created
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Organised (d) Was there for
40. 40.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Was part of it (d) Helped with fundraising

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