Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 830 · 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 line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was a helper (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Built (c) Improved (d) Organised
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Just attended (d) Managed
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Managed (c) Improved (d) Was part of
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Was part of (c) Just attended (d) Kind of handled
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Managed (c) Created (d) Organised
11. 11.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Was in the coding club (c) Built the club website (d) Did some coding
12. 12.📑 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
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
15. 15.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) alphabetical (c) latest first (d) random order
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Tried to do (c) Kind of handled (d) Was involved in
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Organised
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
20. 20.📑 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
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Built (d) Kind of handled
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Led (c) Was involved in (d) Built
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Created (d) Was involved in
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Taught
26. 26.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective (c) hobbies and interests (d) education
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📑 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
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
31. 31.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Was at the drive (c) Did some things (d) Collected 300 books
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
33. 33.📝 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
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Just attended
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Tried to do (c) Was there for (d) Was part of
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Just attended (c) Collected (d) Tried to do
37. 37.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Was part of it (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Helped with fundraising
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Did some things (c) Improved (d) Tried to do
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective

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