Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 939 · 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: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Improved (c) Raised (d) Was part of
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Managed
6. 6.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Designed
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Built (c) Collected (d) Managed
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Collected
10. 10.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Was in the coding club (c) Did some coding (d) Built the club website
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Did some things (c) Was involved in (d) Was there for
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Was there for (c) Collected (d) Led
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Designed (c) Organised (d) Was part of
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Improved (c) Created (d) Kind of handled
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
20. 20.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Just attended (c) Designed (d) Built
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Helped with stuff (c) Collected (d) Designed
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
23. 23.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
26. 26.📑 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
27. 27.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Collected 300 books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Built (c) Kind of handled (d) Just attended
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
32. 32.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Was a helper (d) Helped with stuff
33. 33.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) random order
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Built (c) Tried to do (d) Collected
35. 35.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) skills
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
37. 37.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details (c) a short objective (d) education
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Was involved in (c) Did some things (d) Improved
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Organised (c) Taught (d) Raised
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Raised (d) Kind of handled

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