Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 937 · 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: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
3. 3.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was involved in (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Improved
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was there for (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Led (c) Just attended (d) Raised
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Designed (c) Built (d) Was involved in
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📑 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
12. 12.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Did some teaching (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Helped with stuff
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Collected (c) Managed (d) Was part of
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
16. 16.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Did collection stuff (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Was part of it
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Was there for (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Led (c) Collected (d) Was there for
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Organised (b) Was involved in (c) Tried to do (d) Kind of handled
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Created (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some things
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Collected (c) Improved (d) Helped with stuff
25. 25.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Did fair things (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Helped a bit
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Was involved in (c) Just attended (d) Was there for
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Led (c) Was there for (d) Designed
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Created
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Helped with stuff (c) Designed (d) Was part of
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Did some things (c) Was involved in (d) Was there for
34. 34.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Was in the coding club
35. 35.📑 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
36. 36.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) a short objective
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was part of (c) Raised (d) Just attended
39. 39.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they look pretty (c) they fill space (d) they confuse people
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led

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