Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 932 · 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 involved in (b) Improved (c) Created (d) Organised
2. 2.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Built the club website (c) Did some coding (d) Was in the coding club
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was there for (c) Just attended (d) Collected
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Managed (c) Collected (d) Improved
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Led (c) Organised (d) Was involved in
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Built (c) Collected (d) Raised
17. 17.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) latest first (c) oldest first (d) alphabetical
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
23. 23.📑 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
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Improved (d) Kind of handled
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Organised (c) Created (d) Helped with stuff
29. 29.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Did fair things (c) Was at the fair (d) Ran the ticket desk
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Helped with stuff (c) Designed (d) Tried to do
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with books (c) Was at the drive (d) Collected 300 books
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Tried to do (d) Improved
35. 35.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) a short objective (d) hobbies and interests
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was there for
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Taught
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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