Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 977 · 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.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or skills? (a) a short objective (b) skills
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or a short objective? (a) skills (b) a short objective
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
5. 5.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Raised (c) Managed (d) Helped with stuff
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Collected (c) Was there for (d) Was involved in
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
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 is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Created (c) Did some things (d) Tried to do
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.🔢 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
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
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.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Was there for (c) Kind of handled (d) Was involved in
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Collected (b) Designed (c) Organised (d) Kind of handled
18. 18.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Did collection stuff (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Was part of it
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Was part of (c) Raised (d) Led
20. 20.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Was in the coding club (c) Did some coding (d) Built the club website
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Just attended (c) Organised (d) Kind of handled
22. 22.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Did some things (c) Led (d) Helped with stuff
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Created (b) Tried to do (c) Was involved in (d) Helped with stuff
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Tried to do (d) Led
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Taught (c) Was there for (d) Just attended
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Created (c) Built (d) Did some things
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Did some teaching (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Collected (b) Helped with stuff (c) Kind of handled (d) Was there for
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Was involved in (c) Raised (d) Organised
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Helped with stuff (c) Led (d) Collected

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