Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 996 · 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 a short objective? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective
2. 2.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or projects? (a) a short objective (b) projects
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Was involved in (c) Was there for (d) Helped with stuff
5. 5.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Just attended (c) Was involved in (d) Managed
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Created (b) Improved (c) Taught (d) Helped with stuff
7. 7.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Led (c) Just attended (d) Was involved in
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Created (c) Organised (d) Raised
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
10. 10.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective (c) education (d) name and contact details
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Collected (c) Taught (d) Was there for
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Designed (c) Was involved in (d) Did some things
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Kind of handled (c) Was there for (d) Created
15. 15.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Organised (b) Was there for (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Was involved in (d) Improved
17. 17.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Improved (c) Collected (d) Did some things
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
19. 19.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Did some things (b) Helped with books (c) Was at the drive (d) Collected 300 books
20. 20.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Tried to do (b) Was there for (c) Collected (d) Just attended
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or skills? (a) name and contact details (b) skills
23. 23.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Taught maths to 6 kids (c) Did some teaching (d) Helped with stuff
24. 24.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements (c) hobbies and interests (d) skills
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Raised (c) Kind of handled (d) Designed
26. 26.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
28. 28.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Did some coding (b) Built the club website (c) Was in the coding club (d) Kind of helped
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Did some things (c) Tried to do (d) Created
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
32. 32.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Improved (c) Managed (d) Just attended
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Raised (c) Was part of (d) Taught
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Organised (c) Taught (d) Collected
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
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.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) alphabetical (b) random order (c) oldest first (d) latest first
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: projects or education? (a) projects (b) education
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Organised (c) Created (d) Built
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or achievements? (a) a short objective (b) achievements

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