Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 999 · 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: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
2. 2.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Did some teaching (c) Was a helper (d) Taught maths to 6 kids
3. 3.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
5. 5.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
6. 6.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Built (b) Organised (c) Improved (d) Was there for
7. 7.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they look pretty (b) they show real results (c) they fill space (d) they confuse people
8. 8.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
9. 9.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Built”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
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.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or achievements? (a) hobbies and interests (b) achievements
14. 14.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests (c) achievements (d) name and contact details
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
16. 16.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Was part of
17. 17.📑 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
18. 18.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
19. 19.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or achievements? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Just attended (c) Collected (d) Built
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Created (c) Organised (d) Was part of
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Did some things (c) Was part of (d) Was involved in
24. 24.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
25. 25.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Was in the coding club (c) Built the club website (d) Did some coding
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Helped with stuff (c) Managed (d) Designed
27. 27.📑 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
28. 28.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Helped with stuff (c) Raised (d) Just attended
29. 29.📝 Which line about the book drive is stronger? (a) Was at the drive (b) Collected 300 books (c) Did some things (d) Helped with books
30. 30.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Kind of handled (b) Tried to do (c) Built (d) Helped with stuff
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Kind of handled (c) Taught (d) Collected
32. 32.📑 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
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was involved in (b) Built (c) Was part of (d) Helped with stuff
34. 34.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Kind of handled (c) Taught (d) Just attended
35. 35.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Organised (b) Built (c) Created (d) Was involved in
36. 36.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Improved (c) Helped with stuff (d) Created
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Designed (b) Was involved in (c) Created (d) Raised
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or hobbies and interests? (a) education (b) hobbies and interests
39. 39.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
40. 40.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Improved (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Did some things

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