Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 873 · 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: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
3. 3.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Built (d) Taught
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
7. 7.📑 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
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Kind of handled (d) Built
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Just attended
11. 11.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they show real results (c) they confuse people (d) they fill space
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Led (c) Tried to do (d) Built
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Did some things (c) Created (d) Built
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Led (c) Kind of handled (d) Built
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Organised (c) Led (d) Was part of
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) a short objective
22. 22.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) achievements (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Designed (c) Was there for (d) Organised
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Improved (c) Did some things (d) Was involved in
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Managed (c) Just attended (d) Was there for
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Created (c) Taught (d) Did some things
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Organised (c) Was there for (d) Built
29. 29.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Was at the fair (c) Helped a bit (d) Ran the ticket desk
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Taught (c) Built (d) Just attended
31. 31.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Built the club website (c) Was in the coding club (d) Kind of helped
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Created (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
35. 35.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) latest first
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Was involved in (c) Tried to do (d) Just attended
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Collected (c) Raised (d) Improved
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Created (c) Led (d) Tried to do
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Created (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education

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