Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 833 · 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.📑 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
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Built (c) Raised (d) Was there for
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Created (c) Led (d) Improved
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
5. 5.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they fill space (c) they show real results (d) they look pretty
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
7. 7.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements (c) skills (d) hobbies and interests
8. 8.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.📑 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
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Collected (d) Was involved in
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Built
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Organised (c) Tried to do (d) Kind of handled
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Was involved in (d) Managed
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Managed
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Collected (c) Organised (d) Just attended
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.📑 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
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Did some things (c) Kind of handled (d) Improved
25. 25.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some teaching (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Collected (c) Designed (d) Managed
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Built (c) Organised (d) Managed
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Designed (b) Kind of handled (c) Just attended (d) Did some things
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Designed (c) Raised (d) Created
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Collected (c) Taught (d) Kind of handled
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Helped with stuff (c) Improved (d) Collected
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective (c) hobbies and interests (d) education
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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