Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

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

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