Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 831 · 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 the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Was part of it
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Kind of handled (c) Raised (d) Created
4. 4.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) oldest first (c) latest first (d) random order
5. 5.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) a short objective (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Organised
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Was part of (c) Helped with stuff (d) Tried to do
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Built (c) Just attended (d) Was there for
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.📝 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
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was involved in (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught (c) Organised (d) Collected
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Designed (c) Was there for (d) Created
22. 22.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Kind of helped (c) Built the club website (d) Did some coding
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Led (c) Was involved in (d) Managed
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Did some things (c) Raised (d) Managed
26. 26.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was a helper (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Did some teaching
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Raised
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Organised (d) Taught
30. 30.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Did fair things (c) Was at the fair (d) Ran the ticket desk
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Improved (c) Led (d) Was involved in
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Just attended (c) Kind of handled (d) Collected
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Kind of handled (c) Was there for (d) Improved
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
36. 36.🔢 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
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Tried to do (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Organised

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