Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 803 · 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: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Just attended
4. 4.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Was there for
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Kind of handled
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was there for (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
10. 10.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Did fair things (c) Helped a bit (d) Was at the fair
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
12. 12.📑 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
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (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 is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Led (c) Organised (d) Built
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Raised (c) Improved (d) Kind of handled
18. 18.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Did collection stuff (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
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: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Was involved in (c) Managed (d) Led
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Helped with stuff (c) Designed (d) Collected
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Kind of handled
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Was involved in (c) Kind of handled (d) Built
27. 27.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Was at the drive (c) Did some things (d) Helped with books
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught (c) Was involved in (d) Did some things
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Created (c) Just attended (d) Was there for
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📑 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
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
34. 34.📑 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
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Taught (c) Kind of handled (d) Improved
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Taught
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 line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Just attended (d) Collected

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