Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 993 · 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: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Collected
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Led (c) Designed (d) Raised
5. 5.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Raised ₹8,000 in a week (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Did collection stuff
6. 6.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Just attended (d) Managed
8. 8.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Built the club website (b) Did some coding (c) Was in the coding club (d) Kind of helped
9. 9.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Did some teaching (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Was a helper (d) Helped with stuff
10. 10.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
11. 11.📑 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
12. 12.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests (c) skills (d) name and contact details
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Improved (b) Helped with stuff (c) Was involved in (d) Tried to do
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Kind of handled (d) Just attended
15. 15.📑 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
16. 16.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or education? (a) hobbies and interests (b) education
17. 17.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
18. 18.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Taught (b) Did some things (c) Was involved in (d) Just attended
19. 19.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Helped with books (b) Collected 300 books (c) Did some things (d) Was at the drive
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Managed (b) Collected (c) Was part of (d) Built
21. 21.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Tried to do (c) Raised (d) Was involved in
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Taught (b) Created (c) Did some things (d) Collected
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Kind of handled (c) Created (d) Led
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Collected (c) Was there for (d) Raised
25. 25.📝 Which line about the school fair is stronger? (a) Helped a bit (b) Did fair things (c) Was at the fair (d) Ran the ticket desk
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
27. 27.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Created (c) Just attended (d) Managed
28. 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
29. 29.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) latest first (b) random order (c) alphabetical (d) oldest first
30. 30.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Built (c) Was there for (d) Kind of handled
33. 33.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
34. 34.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or education? (a) skills (b) education
35. 35.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective (c) name and contact details (d) education
36. 36.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Collected (c) Created (d) Helped with stuff
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or hobbies and interests? (a) a short objective (b) hobbies and interests
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Tried to do (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created

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