Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 912 · 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) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Organised
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details (c) skills (d) hobbies and interests
5. 5.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Kind of helped (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Did some things (c) Was involved in (d) Was part of
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Helped with stuff (c) Kind of handled (d) Was part of
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Did some things
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Kind of handled (d) Did some things
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Collected (c) Just attended (d) Did some things
13. 13.📑 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
14. 14.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Was at the fair (d) Helped a bit
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Created (c) Taught (d) Was part of
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Was involved in (d) Taught
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Did some things (c) Improved (d) Built
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Improved (c) Managed (d) Organised
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Just attended (c) Raised (d) Improved
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Did some things
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
31. 31.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Did collection stuff
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Just attended (c) Created (d) Did some things
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Designed (c) Raised (d) Organised
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Taught (c) Was involved in (d) Improved
36. 36.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they look pretty (c) they fill space (d) they confuse people
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Taught (c) Raised (d) Was there for
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Was there for (c) Led (d) Raised
39. 39.📑 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
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or name and contact details? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details

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