Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 862 · 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 first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details (c) skills (d) hobbies and interests
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was involved in (c) Led (d) Was there for
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Taught (c) Just attended (d) Was involved in
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Built (c) Helped with stuff (d) Kind of handled
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Designed (c) Tried to do (d) Built
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Built (c) Helped with stuff (d) Raised
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Did some things (c) Built (d) Improved
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Tried to do
13. 13.📑 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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Just attended (c) Led (d) Raised
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Designed (c) Led (d) Raised
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Raised (c) Led (d) Improved
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
21. 21.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was a helper (c) Did some teaching (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Designed (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
26. 26.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Improved (d) Collected
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Was involved in (d) Managed
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Managed (c) Improved (d) Was there for
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Did fair things (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Was at the fair
34. 34.📑 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
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Organised (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Managed (c) Taught (d) Was there for
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective

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