Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 806 · 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) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Was involved in (d) Collected
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.📑 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
4. 4.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) latest first (d) alphabetical
5. 5.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Was a helper (d) Did some teaching
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.📑 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
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Just attended
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Helped with stuff (c) Created (d) Built
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Created
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Organised (c) Was there for (d) Kind of handled
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Raised (c) Managed (d) Collected
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Built (c) Designed (d) Taught
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Built
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Organised (c) Was there for (d) Created
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was there for (c) Was involved in (d) Taught
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
25. 25.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details (c) education (d) hobbies and interests
26. 26.📑 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
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Kind of handled (c) Just attended (d) Managed
29. 29.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Helped a bit (c) Was at the fair (d) Did fair things
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Managed (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Created (c) Just attended (d) Was there for
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was involved in
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Improved
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Designed
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Was part of (c) Led (d) Was involved in
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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