Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 987 · 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: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Designed (c) Led (d) Organised
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
5. 5.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) alphabetical (c) random order (d) oldest first
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Organised (c) Helped with stuff (d) Was part of
7. 7.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they look pretty (c) they show real results (d) they confuse people
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Tried to do (b) Created (c) Led (d) Improved
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was part of (b) Was involved in (c) Taught (d) Tried to do
10. 10.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Collected 300 books (b) Was at the drive (c) Helped with books (d) Did some things
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Did some things (c) Organised (d) Built
13. 13.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was part of (c) Was there for (d) Created
14. 14.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with stuff (c) Just attended (d) Raised
16. 16.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was a helper (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Did some teaching
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Kind of handled (c) Collected (d) Led
18. 18.📑 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
19. 19.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Designed (c) Helped with stuff (d) Tried to do
24. 24.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Was in the coding club (c) Did some coding (d) Kind of helped
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Was involved in (c) Collected (d) Built
26. 26.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Built (c) Raised (d) Helped with stuff
27. 27.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Organised
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Just attended (c) Improved (d) Designed
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
31. 31.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (b) Was part of it (c) Did collection stuff (d) Helped with fundraising
32. 32.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or skills? (a) education (b) skills
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: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Did some things (c) Taught (d) Just attended
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Was there for (c) Led (d) Built
37. 37.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Did fair things (b) Was at the fair (c) Ran the ticket desk (d) Helped a bit
38. 38.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some things (c) Designed (d) Was part of
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Raised (c) Was there for (d) Built

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