Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 99 · 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 tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Helped with stuff (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Was a helper
2. 2.📑 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
3. 3.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
4. 4.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Improved (c) Was there for (d) Built
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Collected 300 books (c) Helped with books (d) Did some things
9. 9.📑 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
10. 10.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Led (b) Tried to do (c) Did some things (d) Kind of handled
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or name and contact details? (a) projects (b) name and contact details
12. 12.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests (c) name and contact details (d) a short objective
13. 13.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Designed (b) Improved (c) Raised (d) Tried to do
14. 14.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Built (d) Kind of handled
16. 16.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
18. 18.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) oldest first (c) latest first (d) alphabetical
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
20. 20.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Raised (c) Kind of handled (d) Designed
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Did collection stuff (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Was part of it (d) Helped with fundraising
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Was involved in (c) Created (d) Built
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Led (c) Collected (d) Just attended
32. 32.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or projects? (a) education (b) projects
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Was involved in (c) Led (d) Built
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Tried to do (c) Was involved in (d) Was part of
37. 37.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
39. 39.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Was there for (c) Managed (d) Helped with stuff
40. 40.📑 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

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