Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 854 · 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) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
2. 2.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Taught
3. 3.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Did collection stuff (d) Was part of it
4. 4.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) skills
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Was there for
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Tried to do (c) Kind of handled (d) Just attended
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Improved (c) Was there for (d) Was involved in
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Designed (c) Created (d) Kind of handled
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
14. 14.📝 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
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
17. 17.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) a short objective (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Managed (c) Was there for (d) Created
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Was involved in (c) Just attended (d) Did some things
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Led (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Created (c) Organised (d) Just attended
30. 30.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Built the club website (c) Did some coding (d) Kind of helped
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Improved (c) Designed (d) Helped with stuff
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Managed (c) Built (d) Designed
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Built (c) Designed (d) Just attended
37. 37.📑 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
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Taught (c) Tried to do (d) Designed
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Managed (c) Led (d) Built

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