Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 950 · 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 line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Built the club website (c) Was in the coding club (d) Kind of helped
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📑 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
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or a short objective? (a) achievements (b) a short objective
5. 5.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Helped with books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Created (c) Organised (d) Tried to do
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Managed (d) Was involved in
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Kind of handled (c) Built (d) Organised
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Organised (c) Was involved in (d) Did some things
13. 13.📑 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
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Tried to do (d) Managed
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Just attended (c) Led (d) Collected
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Built (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was involved in
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Was involved in (c) Just attended (d) Taught
23. 23.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Managed
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
28. 28.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Was there for (c) Organised (d) Collected
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Managed (c) Built (d) Collected
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Taught
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Organised (b) Was involved in (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Did some things (c) Was involved in (d) Tried to do
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Collected (c) Raised (d) Was part of
37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Raised (c) Built (d) Helped with stuff
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
39. 39.📑 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
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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