Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 863 · 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 the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Was part of it (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Improved (c) Organised (d) Was part of
3. 3.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details (c) a short objective (d) education
4. 4.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Helped a bit (c) Was at the fair (d) Did fair things
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Built (c) Tried to do (d) Raised
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Designed (c) Led (d) Was there for
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
10. 10.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Kind of helped (c) Was in the coding club (d) Built the club website
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
13. 13.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Helped with books (c) Did some things (d) Was at the drive
14. 14.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Did some teaching
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Was there for (c) Taught (d) Improved
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Led (c) Taught (d) Designed
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Led (c) Helped with stuff (d) Kind of handled
22. 22.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) latest first
23. 23.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Kind of handled (c) Taught (d) Raised
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Organised (d) Kind of handled
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Organised (c) Created (d) Built
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Did some things (c) Led (d) Collected
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Managed (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
29. 29.📑 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
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Helped with stuff (d) Tried to do
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Raised (c) Collected (d) Taught
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Organised
37. 37.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they confuse people (c) they look pretty (d) they show real results
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Created (c) Did some things (d) Was involved in
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Built (d) Was there for

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