Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 870 · 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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Tried to do (c) Created (d) Organised
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Built (c) Led (d) Designed
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
6. 6.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Led (d) Tried to do
7. 7.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) latest first (c) random order (d) oldest first
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was there for (d) Managed
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Created (c) Raised (d) Collected
12. 12.📑 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
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) achievements (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Designed (d) Was there for
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Collected (c) Organised (d) Was there for
21. 21.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) a short objective
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Led (c) Organised (d) Built
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Did some things (c) Led (d) Designed
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Built (c) Did some things (d) Collected
27. 27.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Was part of it
28. 28.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Built the club website (c) Did some coding (d) Kind of helped
29. 29.📑 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
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Built (c) Just attended (d) Was there for
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Was involved in
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Managed (c) Built (d) Was there for
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Led (c) Was there for (d) Just attended
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills

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