Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 847 · 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 fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Did collection stuff (c) Was part of it (d) Helped with fundraising
2. 2.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Did some things (c) Was at the drive (d) Helped with books
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Designed (d) Built
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.📑 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
7. 7.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Kind of helped (c) Did some coding (d) Was in the coding club
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Taught (c) Designed (d) Led
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was part of (c) Taught (d) Organised
11. 11.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Was involved in (c) Built (d) Led
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Did some things (c) Taught (d) Managed
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Just attended (c) Created (d) Kind of handled
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Improved (c) Organised (d) Raised
17. 17.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some teaching (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Created (c) Designed (d) Organised
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Was there for (d) Improved
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Just attended (c) Did some things (d) Led
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Collected (c) Raised (d) Organised
31. 31.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
32. 32.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught (d) Organised
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
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.📑 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
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Did some things (d) Organised
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Collected (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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