Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 980 · 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 section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) achievements
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Kind of handled (c) Collected (d) Raised
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Created (d) Helped with stuff
5. 5.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) latest first (c) random order (d) alphabetical
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Was there for (c) Led (d) Organised
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
10. 10.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Created (c) Was there for (d) Did some things
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Tried to do (c) Just attended (d) Was part of
18. 18.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) education
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Did some things (b) Created (c) Collected (d) Organised
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Designed (c) Did some things (d) Kind of handled
21. 21.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Collected 300 books (c) Did some things (d) Helped with books
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Designed (c) Built (d) Just attended
24. 24.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Did some teaching
25. 25.📝 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
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Managed (c) Was involved in (d) Designed
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Was there for (c) Designed (d) Was part of
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Managed (d) Was there for
30. 30.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Ran the ticket desk (b) Did fair things (c) Was at the fair (d) Helped a bit
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Tried to do (c) Was there for (d) Led
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Tried to do (c) Helped with stuff (d) Built
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
38. 38.📑 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
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase

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