Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 85 · 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 tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some teaching (c) Was a helper (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
4. 4.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Kind of handled
5. 5.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education (c) name and contact details (d) a short objective
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) latest first (c) alphabetical (d) random order
10. 10.📑 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was involved in (c) Tried to do (d) Built
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Improved
13. 13.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Was in the coding club (c) Built the club website (d) Kind of helped
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Kind of handled (d) Was involved in
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Was part of
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.📑 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
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Did some things
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Managed (c) Tried to do (d) Built
28. 28.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Collected 300 books (c) Was at the drive (d) Helped with books
29. 29.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they confuse people (c) they show real results (d) they look pretty
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Raised
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Collected (c) Led (d) Taught
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Improved
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Helped with stuff
36. 36.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Helped a bit (c) Was at the fair (d) Ran the ticket desk
37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Built (c) Raised (d) Designed
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Was involved in (c) Managed (d) Led
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Kind of handled (c) Created (d) Improved

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