Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 92 · 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) Created (b) Built (c) Taught (d) Did some things
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
4. 4.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Led (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Built (c) Tried to do (d) Created
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Designed (c) Just attended (d) Did some things
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Tried to do (c) Organised (d) Built
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Designed (c) Did some things (d) Taught
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Collected (c) Built (d) Taught
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built
12. 12.📝 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
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Raised (c) Collected (d) Was involved in
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education (c) a short objective (d) name and contact details
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Collected 300 books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Built (d) Organised
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) latest first (c) random order (d) oldest first
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Taught (c) Raised (d) Was there for
27. 27.📑 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
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Organised
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Improved (d) Was part of
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Was part of (c) Taught (d) Collected
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
34. 34.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Was part of it (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Helped with fundraising
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Raised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was there for
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Helped with stuff (d) Kind of handled
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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
40. 40.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) achievements

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