Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 837 · 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 last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) education
2. 2.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Just attended (c) Tried to do (d) Designed
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Built (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was involved in
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Managed (d) Just attended
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Was involved in (c) Led (d) Built
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was involved in (c) Led (d) Did some things
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Managed (c) Just attended (d) Kind of handled
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Kind of handled (d) Led
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
19. 19.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) random order (c) latest first (d) oldest first
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Collected
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Managed (d) Kind of handled
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Taught (c) Just attended (d) Helped with stuff
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) Helped with stuff (b) Collected (c) Managed (d) Designed
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) name and contact details (d) skills
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Managed (c) Tried to do (d) Designed
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Was part of (c) Built (d) Managed
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Kind of handled (d) Was involved in
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Collected
34. 34.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Was a helper (c) Did some teaching (d) Helped with stuff
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Built (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
37. 37.📑 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
38. 38.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Was part of it (d) Did collection stuff
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Was at the drive (c) Collected 300 books (d) Helped with books

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