Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 976 · 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 strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Organised (c) Tried to do (d) Designed
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
6. 6.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Improved (c) Was part of (d) Just attended
7. 7.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
8. 8.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements (c) skills (d) hobbies and interests
9. 9.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was there for (c) Was involved in (d) Taught
10. 10.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they show real results (b) they confuse people (c) they fill space (d) they look pretty
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
12. 12.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) latest first (c) random order (d) alphabetical
13. 13.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) a short objective (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Raised (c) Just attended (d) Collected
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Organised (c) Improved (d) Kind of handled
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Taught (c) Improved (d) Was part of
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Improved (c) Did some things (d) Designed
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
20. 20.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Was in the coding club (c) Kind of helped (d) Built the club website
21. 21.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Did some things (c) Helped with books (d) Collected 300 books
22. 22.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Was a helper (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some teaching
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Kind of handled (c) Led (d) Organised
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some things (d) Raised
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
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.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Did some things (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Managed
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Just attended
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Led (c) Tried to do (d) Did some things
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Taught (c) Collected (d) Led
37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Built (c) Created (d) Was there for
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Was part of (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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