Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 940 · 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) Was there for (d) Designed
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
4. 4.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Just attended (c) Managed (d) Designed
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Led
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was involved in (c) Designed (d) Collected
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Tried to do (c) Helped with stuff (d) Organised
8. 8.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) oldest first (c) random order (d) latest first
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or a short objective? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Improved (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Kind of handled
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Did some things (c) Tried to do (d) Taught
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Improved (c) Taught (d) Created
19. 19.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Did fair things (c) Was at the fair (d) Helped a bit
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Designed (c) Collected (d) Kind of handled
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Did some things (c) Improved (d) Was part of
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
23. 23.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Created
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Just attended (c) Tried to do (d) Led
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests (c) education (d) name and contact details
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
29. 29.📝 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
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Raised (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Built the club website (c) Kind of helped (d) Was in the coding club
38. 38.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Built (c) Led (d) Organised
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Tried to do (c) Designed (d) Led
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Taught (c) Built (d) Was there for

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