Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 906 · 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: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Taught (c) Built (d) Led
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or hobbies and interests? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Kind of handled (c) Designed (d) Just attended
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Managed (b) Just attended (c) Tried to do (d) Helped with stuff
8. 8.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Kind of helped
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Organised
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Tried to do
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Collected (d) Just attended
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Was involved in (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Raised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Tried to do
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Raised (c) Managed (d) Helped with stuff
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Built (c) Raised (d) Tried to do
18. 18.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Helped with books (c) Collected 300 books (d) Did some things
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Built
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Created
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Helped with stuff (c) Kind of handled (d) Was involved in
26. 26.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Led (c) Did some things (d) Organised
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
30. 30.📑 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
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they fill space (c) they confuse people (d) they show real results
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Created (d) Collected
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Raised (c) Managed (d) Designed
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Collected (c) Raised (d) Was involved in
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
38. 38.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education (c) name and contact details (d) a short objective
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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