Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 892 · 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: name and contact details or a short objective? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Created
3. 3.📑 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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was involved in (c) Created (d) Was part of
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Designed
7. 7.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Did some teaching (d) Helped with stuff
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Was there for (c) Managed (d) Built
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) a short objective (d) education
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Managed
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Organised (c) Managed (d) Tried to do
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Did some things (c) Collected (d) Managed
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Collected 300 books (c) Was at the drive (d) Helped with books
21. 21.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Did fair things (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Helped a bit
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was there for (d) Was involved in
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) latest first
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Was involved in
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Created (c) Designed (d) Managed
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they fill space (c) they look pretty (d) they confuse people
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Kind of handled (d) Designed
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Did some things (c) Taught (d) Was there for
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Managed (d) Was part of
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Organised

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