Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 891 · 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: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Did some things
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some things (d) Tried to do
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Created (c) Helped with stuff (d) Kind of handled
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or a short objective? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
10. 10.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Organised (c) Created (d) Helped with stuff
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
12. 12.📑 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
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Was involved in (c) Organised (d) Taught
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Taught (c) Improved (d) Built
17. 17.📝 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
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
19. 19.📝 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
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Tried to do (c) Raised (d) Led
22. 22.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Kind of helped (c) Did some coding (d) Was in the coding club
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Just attended (c) Helped with stuff (d) Tried to do
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Created (c) Taught (d) Built
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Helped with stuff (c) Built (d) Was part of
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Built (d) Just attended
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Did some things (c) Organised (d) Led
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) skills (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Led (c) Was part of (d) Just attended
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Raised (c) Tried to do (d) Was involved in
35. 35.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Did some teaching (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was a helper
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Improved (d) Helped with stuff
39. 39.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) alphabetical (c) random order (d) latest first
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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