Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 851 · 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 section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
2. 2.📑 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
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📑 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
6. 6.📝 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
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Taught
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 strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Taught (c) Did some things (d) Tried to do
10. 10.📝 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
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Helped with stuff (c) Kind of handled (d) Was part of
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Raised (c) Was there for (d) Organised
14. 14.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) achievements
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Created (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Was there for
20. 20.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Managed (c) Led (d) Did some things
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
24. 24.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was there for (d) Created
27. 27.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they fill space (c) they look pretty (d) they show real results
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Managed
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) latest first (d) alphabetical
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Improved (c) Was involved in (d) Just attended
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Raised (c) Taught (d) Tried to do
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Organised
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Raised (c) Just attended (d) Did some things
38. 38.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Did some things (c) Helped with books (d) Was at the drive
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Led
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects

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