Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 947 · 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) Just attended (b) Collected (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was part of (c) Just attended (d) Was involved in
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Led (c) Just attended (d) Organised
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Was there for (c) Built (d) Collected
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
10. 10.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) latest first (c) random order (d) oldest first
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Did some things (c) Raised (d) Was part of
12. 12.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Did some teaching (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Taught (c) Created (d) Was involved in
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Helped with stuff
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Improved (c) Tried to do (d) Designed
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Managed
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Helped with stuff (d) Organised
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Built (c) Led (d) Raised
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Built (c) Did some things (d) Led
23. 23.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests (c) a short objective (d) education
24. 24.📑 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
25. 25.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Just attended (d) Raised
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was involved in (b) Improved (c) Built (d) Raised
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Taught (c) Raised (d) Kind of handled
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
30. 30.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Was at the drive (c) Collected 300 books (d) Did some things
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
34. 34.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Kind of helped (c) Was in the coding club (d) Built the club website
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Helped with stuff (c) Raised (d) Collected
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Taught (c) Was involved in (d) Was part of
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
40. 40.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Was part of it (d) Helped with fundraising

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