Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 874 · 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: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Improved (c) Just attended (d) Managed
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Tried to do
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Was there for (c) Just attended (d) Kind of handled
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Designed (c) Just attended (d) Helped with stuff
10. 10.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was a helper (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
11. 11.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Was in the coding club
12. 12.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) random order (c) latest first (d) alphabetical
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Did some things (c) Taught (d) Organised
14. 14.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Collected 300 books (c) Did some things (d) Helped with books
15. 15.📑 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
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Collected
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
20. 20.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective (c) education (d) hobbies and interests
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Just attended (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do
23. 23.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) skills (d) name and contact details
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Collected (c) Built (d) Tried to do
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Managed (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Did some things (c) Built (d) Was there for
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Managed
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 of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Tried to do (c) Raised (d) Created
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Tried to do
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Did collection stuff (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Was part of it
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Helped with stuff (c) Organised (d) Kind of handled
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Improved (c) Was involved in (d) Raised
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Was involved in (c) Led (d) Organised
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements

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