Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 860 · 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) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements (c) skills (d) hobbies and interests
4. 4.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Raised
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Created (d) Managed
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Tried to do (c) Designed (d) Improved
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Managed (c) Built (d) Created
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Led (c) Was involved in (d) Improved
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
13. 13.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Kind of helped (c) Built the club website (d) Did some coding
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Raised (c) Managed (d) Just attended
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Led (d) Was there for
19. 19.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) alphabetical (c) latest first (d) random order
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Collected (c) Did some things (d) Just attended
22. 22.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Did some things (c) Collected 300 books (d) Was at the drive
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Built (c) Designed (d) Did some things
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Collected (c) Was involved in (d) Tried to do
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Collected (c) Just attended (d) Created
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Designed (c) Created (d) Organised
31. 31.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Was part of it (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Helped with fundraising
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Kind of handled (c) Was there for (d) Was part of
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Organised (c) Created (d) Helped with stuff
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Was involved in (c) Built (d) Just attended
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Built (c) Did some things (d) Was involved in
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Designed (c) Just attended (d) Was there for
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Kind of handled (c) Created (d) Organised

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