Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 964 · 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 fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Helped with fundraising (c) Did collection stuff (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Was part of (c) Tried to do (d) Just attended
8. 8.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Helped with stuff (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
9. 9.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Was involved in (c) Just attended (d) Helped with stuff
11. 11.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Taught (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
13. 13.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Did some things (c) Collected 300 books (d) Helped with books
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Managed (c) Did some things (d) Just attended
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Managed (c) Taught (d) Tried to do
17. 17.📑 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
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was there for (c) Raised (d) Kind of handled
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Designed (b) Was involved in (c) Kind of handled (d) Just attended
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Organised (c) Collected (d) Did some things
22. 22.📑 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
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Was involved in (c) Organised (d) Raised
26. 26.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Created (c) Tried to do (d) Was there for
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Just attended (c) Taught (d) Led
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Kind of handled (c) Organised (d) Managed
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Was at the fair (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Helped a bit
34. 34.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Kind of helped (c) Was in the coding club (d) Did some coding
35. 35.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they confuse people (b) they look pretty (c) they fill space (d) they show real results
36. 36.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some things (d) Led
37. 37.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements (c) skills (d) name and contact details
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Was part of
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Built (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Collected (c) Was part of (d) Did some things

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