Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 981 · 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 book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Helped with books (c) Was at the drive (d) Did some things
2. 2.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) name and contact details (c) hobbies and interests (d) achievements
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Improved
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
5. 5.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Was part of it (c) Did collection stuff (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
6. 6.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective (c) hobbies and interests (d) education
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was there for (d) Created
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Led (c) Organised (d) Did some things
13. 13.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Did fair things (d) Ran the ticket desk
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Kind of handled (c) Improved (d) Managed
15. 15.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Created (c) Was part of (d) Managed
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Did some things (c) Designed (d) Taught
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Designed (c) Organised (d) Kind of handled
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
20. 20.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Collected (c) Organised (d) Raised
22. 22.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Helped with stuff (d) Collected
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Was involved in
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Managed (c) Did some things (d) Kind of handled
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Helped with stuff (c) Created (d) Did some things
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Taught (c) Was there for (d) Tried to do
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Taught (c) Organised (d) Just attended
32. 32.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) oldest first (b) random order (c) latest first (d) alphabetical
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or a short objective? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Kind of handled (c) Did some things (d) Built
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Taught (b) Improved (c) Was there for (d) Managed
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education

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