Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 929 · 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: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was there for (b) Raised (c) Built (d) Led
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Was there for (c) Organised (d) Built
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Did some things (c) Designed (d) Collected
9. 9.📑 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
10. 10.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Did some teaching (d) Helped with stuff
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Tried to do
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Designed (d) Was involved in
15. 15.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they confuse people (c) they look pretty (d) they show real results
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) achievements
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Tried to do (c) Raised (d) Designed
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Helped with stuff (c) Designed (d) Managed
20. 20.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Did collection stuff (d) Was part of it
21. 21.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Did some things (c) Collected 300 books (d) Helped with books
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.📑 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
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.📝 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
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
31. 31.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Helped a bit (c) Did fair things (d) Was at the fair
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Helped with stuff (c) Collected (d) Just attended
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Taught (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
35. 35.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) random order (c) latest first (d) alphabetical
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Collected (d) Was involved in
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details

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