Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 931 · 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 weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Did some coding (c) Was in the coding club (d) Built the club website
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Just attended (c) Improved (d) Managed
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Was part of
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Improved (d) Did some things
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was part of (c) Improved (d) Was there for
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Was there for (c) Raised (d) Led
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Designed (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Just attended (c) Was there for (d) Organised
18. 18.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests (c) skills (d) name and contact details
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Did some things (c) Raised (d) Was part of
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Just attended (c) Was there for (d) Did some things
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Taught (c) Built (d) Helped with stuff
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
27. 27.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or name and contact details? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Organised (c) Was there for (d) Kind of handled
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Collected (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Did some things (c) Just attended (d) Taught
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Built (c) Kind of handled (d) Did some things
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Led (c) Was part of (d) Collected
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Was involved in (c) Raised (d) Led
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Organised (c) Managed (d) Improved

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