Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 888 · 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.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Collected (c) Improved (d) Just attended
2. 2.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Did some teaching (d) Was a helper
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Did some coding (c) Was in the coding club (d) Kind of helped
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
6. 6.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Managed (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Managed (c) Led (d) Raised
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Did collection stuff (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Was part of it
11. 11.📑 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
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Kind of handled (d) Organised
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Organised (c) Raised (d) Managed
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
20. 20.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Organised (c) Built (d) Designed
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Collected (d) Just attended
22. 22.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Did some things (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Built (c) Led (d) Was involved in
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Improved (c) Organised (d) Managed
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Created (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was involved in
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Led (c) Improved (d) Managed
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Organised (c) Raised (d) Led
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Did some things
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Led
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
40. 40.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) a short objective (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details

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