Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 897 · 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) Organised (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Raised
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📑 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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Did some things (d) Collected
5. 5.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) latest first (c) random order (d) alphabetical
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was there for (d) Organised
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Just attended (c) Taught (d) Managed
11. 11.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) skills
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Was involved in (c) Helped with stuff (d) Tried to do
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Managed
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Led (c) Organised (d) Was involved in
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Raised (c) Was involved in (d) Built
22. 22.📝 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
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
26. 26.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Was a helper (d) Helped with stuff
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Managed (c) Tried to do (d) Led
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Taught (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do
36. 36.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Was at the fair (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Managed (d) Did some things
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Designed (c) Was part of (d) Did some things
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Organised (c) Kind of handled (d) Led

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