Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 846 · 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.🔢 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
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Tried to do (d) Taught
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Just attended (c) Organised (d) Was there for
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Did some things (c) Was there for (d) Raised
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Built (c) Was involved in (d) Improved
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Was part of (c) Designed (d) Collected
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Taught (c) Helped with stuff (d) Raised
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Led (d) Was involved in
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Kind of handled (c) Improved (d) Was part of
15. 15.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) skills (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Built (c) Managed (d) Kind of handled
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was involved in (c) Helped with stuff (d) Managed
20. 20.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Did some things (c) Helped with books (d) Collected 300 books
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.📑 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
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Led (d) Kind of handled
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Did some things (c) Managed (d) Created
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Created (d) Was part of
28. 28.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Did collection stuff (d) Helped with fundraising
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
30. 30.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Did some teaching (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was a helper
31. 31.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Was at the fair (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Organised (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do

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