Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 868 · 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: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Created (c) Taught (d) Designed
4. 4.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Was involved in (d) Designed
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with books (c) Collected 300 books (d) Was at the drive
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.📝 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
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Created (c) Was there for (d) Built
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they look pretty (c) they confuse people (d) they show real results
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Managed (c) Just attended (d) Collected
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Helped with stuff (c) Collected (d) Was part of
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
16. 16.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) latest first
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.📑 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
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Tried to do (c) Was there for (d) Did some things
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Built (c) Raised (d) Kind of handled
21. 21.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Helped with stuff
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Organised (d) Was involved in
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
26. 26.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) skills
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Built (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Created (c) Led (d) Was involved in
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Collected (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Was there for (c) Just attended (d) Was involved in
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Built (c) Improved (d) Was part of
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective

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