Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 849 · 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 coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Kind of helped (c) Built the club website (d) Was in the coding club
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
3. 3.📑 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
4. 4.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) achievements
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Kind of handled (c) Created (d) Was part of
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Designed (d) Was there for
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Helped a bit (c) Was at the fair (d) Did fair things
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Did some things (c) Raised (d) Created
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Improved (c) Built (d) Kind of handled
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Was involved in (c) Tried to do (d) Just attended
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Built (c) Just attended (d) Did some things
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Led (c) Taught (d) Tried to do
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Collected (c) Created (d) Taught
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
25. 25.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Did some teaching (c) Was a helper (d) Helped with stuff
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Raised (d) Was involved in
27. 27.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Was there for
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Managed (c) Led (d) Was part of
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Improved (d) Was involved in
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Collected (c) Just attended (d) Created
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Taught (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Managed (c) Built (d) Created

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