Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 962 · 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: “Tried to do”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Collected (c) Improved (d) Was involved in
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Organised (d) Raised
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
6. 6.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) alphabetical (c) latest first (d) oldest first
7. 7.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Taught
8. 8.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) name and contact details
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Was part of
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or projects? (a) name and contact details (b) projects
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Taught (c) Was there for (d) Created
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Raised (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
15. 15.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Was at the drive (c) Helped with books (d) Collected 300 books
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Was there for (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Designed
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Was there for (c) Was part of (d) Raised
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Created (c) Led (d) Raised
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Collected (c) Helped with stuff (d) Just attended
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Taught (c) Was part of (d) Built
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Ran the ticket desk (c) Did fair things (d) Helped a bit
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Kind of handled (c) Led (d) Organised
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Kind of helped (c) Built the club website (d) Did some coding
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Kind of handled (c) Led (d) Raised
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Was there for (d) Just attended
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills

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