Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 838 · 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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.🔢 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
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
6. 6.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) oldest first (d) alphabetical
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Managed (c) Was there for (d) Raised
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was there for
10. 10.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Did some teaching (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Helped with stuff
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Improved (c) Managed (d) Designed
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
17. 17.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Was part of it (c) Did collection stuff (d) Helped with fundraising
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Improved (c) Designed (d) Managed
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Tried to do (c) Did some things (d) Just attended
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Led (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Just attended (c) Collected (d) Kind of handled
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Managed (d) Was part of
27. 27.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Did some things (c) Collected 300 books (d) Helped with books
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Was part of (c) Raised (d) Collected
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Was involved in (d) Created
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Improved (c) Built (d) Created
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Collected (d) Raised
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Taught (c) Collected (d) Organised
33. 33.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Helped a bit (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Was at the fair
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Raised (c) Kind of handled (d) Did some things
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Improved (c) Created (d) Did some things
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Collected
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Kind of handled (d) Was involved in

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