Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 933 · 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 of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Led (c) Was there for (d) Just attended
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Taught (c) Designed (d) Organised
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
6. 6.📑 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
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
8. 8.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Was part of (c) Designed (d) Raised
10. 10.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they show real results (c) they confuse people (d) they fill space
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Was part of (c) Organised (d) Helped with stuff
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Improved (c) Built (d) Tried to do
15. 15.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Kind of helped
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught (d) Organised
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) latest first (c) random order (d) alphabetical
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.📝 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
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Just attended (c) Tried to do (d) Taught
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was part of (d) Raised
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Built (c) Did some things (d) Helped with stuff
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Just attended (b) Raised (c) Organised (d) Built
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Taught (c) Improved (d) Built
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Collected (d) Helped with stuff
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Led
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Was involved in (c) Designed (d) Organised
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Raised (d) Did some things
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Organised (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
39. 39.📑 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
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests

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