Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 81 · 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: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) latest first
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Was part of (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Improved (d) Raised
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was involved in (c) Led (d) Just attended
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they look pretty (c) they confuse people (d) they show real results
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Was involved in (c) Collected (d) Organised
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Was there for (d) Was part of
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Did some things (c) Collected (d) Organised
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Designed (c) Created (d) Collected
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.📑 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
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.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Managed (d) Tried to do
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Created (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Built (c) Was part of (d) Organised
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
26. 26.📑 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
27. 27.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements (c) skills (d) hobbies and interests
28. 28.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Was at the fair (c) Helped a bit (d) Did fair things
29. 29.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Kind of helped (c) Built the club website (d) Was in the coding club
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Tried to do (c) Raised (d) Helped with stuff
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Collected (c) Raised (d) Kind of handled
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Created
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Organised (c) Created (d) Designed

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