Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 985 · 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: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
2. 2.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kind of handled (b) Helped with stuff (c) Tried to do (d) Designed
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Raised (c) Managed (d) Just attended
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Just attended (c) Was part of (d) Taught
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Taught (c) Did some things (d) Created
9. 9.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Did some things (c) Was at the drive (d) Helped with books
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or name and contact details? (a) a short objective (b) name and contact details
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Designed (c) Organised (d) Improved
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
13. 13.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) latest first
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Organised (c) Improved (d) Kind of handled
15. 15.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) name and contact details (c) education (d) a short objective
16. 16.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Was in the coding club (b) Built the club website (c) Kind of helped (d) Did some coding
17. 17.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Managed (c) Was involved in (d) Did some things
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Led (d) Tried to do
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was involved in (c) Kind of handled (d) Taught
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Collected (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Led (c) Taught (d) Was there for
24. 24.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Helped with fundraising (b) Did collection stuff (c) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (d) Was part of it
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Was a helper (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Helped with stuff
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
30. 30.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Collected (c) Led (d) Taught
31. 31.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or a short objective? (a) projects (b) a short objective
35. 35.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or hobbies and interests? (a) projects (b) hobbies and interests
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Managed (d) Helped with stuff
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
40. 40.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Was at the fair (b) Helped a bit (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Did fair things

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