Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 843 · 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 school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Helped a bit (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Was at the fair
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Was there for
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Designed (c) Taught (d) Helped with stuff
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Was part of
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Was there for (d) Led
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Organised (c) Did some things (d) Led
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Was there for
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Tried to do (c) Did some things (d) Was part of
18. 18.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Kind of helped (c) Built the club website (d) Was in the coding club
19. 19.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Did collection stuff (c) Was part of it (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
20. 20.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Did some teaching (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Led (c) Taught (d) Kind of handled
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Just attended (c) Built (d) Tried to do
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Led (c) Built (d) Organised
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Organised (d) Designed
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Built (c) Was part of (d) Managed
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Managed (d) Designed
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
29. 29.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) random order (c) latest first (d) oldest first
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Designed (b) Was there for (c) Was part of (d) Did some things
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Led (c) Helped with stuff (d) Designed
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Taught (c) Raised (d) Led
35. 35.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) skills
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Raised (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Led (c) Created (d) Taught
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Raised (c) Led (d) Just attended
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education

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