Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 89 · 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: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Kind of handled (c) Improved (d) Managed
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Managed
4. 4.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Collected (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was involved in
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Managed
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Improved (c) Tried to do (d) Kind of handled
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Kind of helped (c) Built the club website (d) Was in the coding club
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Organised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📑 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
12. 12.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) achievements (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Did collection stuff
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Designed (c) Managed (d) Just attended
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Led
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Was there for
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
20. 20.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective (c) education (d) name and contact details
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Built
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Helped a bit (c) Did fair things (d) Was at the fair
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Designed (d) Kind of handled
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Kind of handled (c) Was part of (d) Created
31. 31.📑 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
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Tried to do (b) Led (c) Raised (d) Organised
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Created (c) Led (d) Was involved in
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Just attended (d) Improved
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Was part of
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
40. 40.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Collected 300 books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things

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