Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 984 · 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.📑 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
2. 2.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Designed
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Designed (c) Managed (d) Created
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Was involved in (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Was part of (c) Was there for (d) Taught
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 line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Did some things (c) Helped with books (d) Was at the drive
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Built
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was there for (c) Improved (d) Taught
15. 15.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Improved (c) Was involved in (d) Collected
16. 16.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Taught maths to 6 kids (b) Was a helper (c) Helped with stuff (d) Did some teaching
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Organised
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Was there for (c) Was part of (d) Just attended
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
23. 23.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Designed (b) Just attended (c) Was there for (d) Kind of handled
24. 24.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
25. 25.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Kind of handled (d) Was involved in
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Taught (c) Organised (d) Created
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Improved (d) Was involved in
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
36. 36.📑 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
37. 37.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
39. 39.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Designed (c) Raised (d) Managed
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Tried to do (c) Designed (d) Taught

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