Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 87 · 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 strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Led (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
3. 3.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Was at the drive (c) Helped with books (d) Did some things
4. 4.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Raised (c) Taught (d) Tried to do
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Taught (c) Managed (d) Helped with stuff
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
7. 7.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Built the club website (c) Kind of helped (d) Was in the coding club
8. 8.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Organised (c) Managed (d) Led
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Taught (d) Was part of
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was there for (c) Created (d) Just attended
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Built (c) Collected (d) Was involved in
21. 21.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was involved in (c) Taught (d) Kind of handled
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 weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Collected (c) Was involved in (d) Taught
25. 25.📑 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
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Helped a bit (c) Did fair things (d) Was at the fair
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught (c) Created (d) Built
30. 30.📑 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
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Managed (c) Built (d) Taught
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Was there for (d) Led
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Did some things (c) Designed (d) Led
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Collected (c) Led (d) Improved
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Organised
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Built (c) Just attended (d) Was involved in
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Raised (d) Tried to do
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Led (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do

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