Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 936 · 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) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Did some things (d) Raised
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.📝 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
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Designed (c) Raised (d) Improved
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Built (c) Did some things (d) Created
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Created (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
12. 12.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was involved in (c) Organised (d) Tried to do
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
15. 15.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) skills (d) achievements
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was there for (d) Built
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective (c) education (d) name and contact details
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Was there for (c) Was involved in (d) Just attended
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
22. 22.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Led (c) Just attended (d) Raised
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Designed (c) Collected (d) Led
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
26. 26.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Was part of it (c) Did collection stuff (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Improved (c) Kind of handled (d) Tried to do
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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
31. 31.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Was at the drive (c) Collected 300 books (d) Helped with books
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Managed (d) Tried to do
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Helped with stuff (c) Led (d) Tried to do
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Organised (c) Did some things (d) Taught
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Managed (d) Built
37. 37.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) oldest first (c) latest first (d) random order
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Was part of (c) Organised (d) Created

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