Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 82 · 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 section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) skills (c) hobbies and interests (d) achievements
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Led (c) Tried to do (d) Raised
6. 6.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some teaching (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Created (d) Did some things
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Collected (c) Organised (d) Tried to do
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Did some things (c) Created (d) Organised
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Collected (c) Led (d) Was involved in
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Improved (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education (c) name and contact details (d) a short objective
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Led (c) Improved (d) Just attended
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
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.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Was part of (c) Taught (d) Built
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught (c) Improved (d) Raised
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Just attended (d) Taught
24. 24.📑 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
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Built (c) Raised (d) Created
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Created (c) Raised (d) Was involved in
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Tried to do (d) Led
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Raised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Raised (c) Collected (d) Was there for
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Raised (c) Led (d) Organised
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Built (c) Was part of (d) Tried to do

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