Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 911 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Kind of handled (d) Was involved in
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Collected
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) random order (c) oldest first (d) alphabetical
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Led (c) Collected (d) Was part of
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Collected (c) Was involved in (d) Managed
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Taught (c) Organised (d) Raised
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Improved
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Organised (c) Collected (d) Was there for
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Taught (c) Just attended (d) Led
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Led (c) Organised (d) Taught
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught (d) Improved
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Organised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
25. 25.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some teaching (d) Was a helper
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Was part of (d) Taught
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Tried to do (c) Was there for (d) Taught
30. 30.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Built the club website (c) Kind of helped (d) Did some coding
31. 31.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Kind of handled (c) Just attended (d) Built
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
34. 34.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.📑 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
37. 37.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details (c) education (d) hobbies and interests
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was part of (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Improved (c) Kind of handled (d) Built

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