Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 859 · 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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📑 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
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or hobbies and interests? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Did some things (c) Raised (d) Just attended
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Collected (c) Managed (d) Improved
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Raised (d) Kind of handled
8. 8.📑 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
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Was part of (d) Taught
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Did collection stuff (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Built (c) Managed (d) Tried to do
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Taught
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Led (c) Taught (d) Built
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Created (c) Taught (d) Raised
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) skills (c) achievements (d) hobbies and interests
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Organised (c) Did some things (d) Collected
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Was there for (c) Raised (d) Created
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Collected (c) Was there for (d) Was part of
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
23. 23.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
24. 24.📑 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
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Organised (c) Created (d) Helped with stuff
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Built (c) Led (d) Kind of handled
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Raised (c) Designed (d) Created
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
32. 32.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they confuse people (c) they show real results (d) they fill space
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Built (c) Was involved in (d) Organised
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Collected (c) Raised (d) Managed
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Did some things (c) Just attended (d) Helped with stuff
38. 38.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Kind of handled (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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