Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 949 · 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) Improved (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Tried to do
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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Did some things (c) Taught (d) Managed
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was there for
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Tried to do (c) Created (d) Designed
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Raised (c) Collected (d) Was part of
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Was part of (c) Just attended (d) Led
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
19. 19.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Kind of helped (c) Did some coding (d) Was in the coding club
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Tried to do (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Was there for (c) Did some things (d) Was involved in
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Was part of (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
23. 23.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Collected 300 books (c) Was at the drive (d) Helped with books
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Organised (c) Designed (d) Taught
26. 26.📝 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
27. 27.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Tried to do
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
29. 29.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Raised (b) Was there for (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Did some things (c) Just attended (d) Kind of handled
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Managed (c) Created (d) Improved
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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