Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 882 · 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: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Was there for (d) Collected
3. 3.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) achievements (d) skills
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Was at the drive (c) Did some things (d) Collected 300 books
6. 6.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they show real results (c) they confuse people (d) they look pretty
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
9. 9.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Did some coding (d) Was in the coding club
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught (d) Kind of handled
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Raised (d) Kind of handled
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Created (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
14. 14.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Did collection stuff (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Created (c) Taught (d) Just attended
16. 16.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was a helper (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Did some teaching
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) education (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Improved (c) Was involved in (d) Kind of handled
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Organised (c) Kind of handled (d) Led
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Created (c) Tried to do (d) Raised
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Tried to do (c) Helped with stuff (d) Collected
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Raised (c) Did some things (d) Was part of
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Built (c) Created (d) Did some things
35. 35.📑 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
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Taught (c) Raised (d) Was there for
37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Improved (c) Created (d) Was there for
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Improved (d) Just attended
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Just attended (d) Led
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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