Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 910 · 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.🔢 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
2. 2.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Managed (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Created (c) Kind of handled (d) Organised
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Created (c) Organised (d) Built
10. 10.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Raised (c) Improved (d) Built
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Was part of
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Raised (d) Was involved in
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Led (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was involved in
18. 18.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) name and contact details (c) achievements (d) hobbies and interests
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first
21. 21.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Did some teaching
22. 22.📝 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
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Led (c) Improved (d) Kind of handled
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Did some things
26. 26.📑 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
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Designed
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Designed (c) Was part of (d) Just attended
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Was there for (c) Was part of (d) Kind of handled
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Was involved in (c) Did some things (d) Kind of handled
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Just attended (c) Tried to do (d) Raised
35. 35.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Was in the coding club (c) Kind of helped (d) Did some coding
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Led (c) Created (d) Improved
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Raised (c) Tried to do (d) Led
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Helped with stuff (c) Organised (d) Created

Free interview skills lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/interview-skills-for-students