RESUME LESSON
Action Verbs & Tense Consistency
Past roles use past tense throughout; your current role stays present tense.
Vary verbs across bullets — "built", "shipped", "optimized", "led" — not "did" five times.
Mixing tenses within the same role's bullet list.
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Lesson spotlight: Action Verbs & Tense Consistency. Phase context: Content & Impact.
How recruiters actually see it:
Past roles use past tense throughout; your current role stays present tense.
Keep it concrete — pull up your actual resume alongside this lesson.
Coach tip: Vary verbs across bullets — "built", "shipped", "optimized", "led" — not "did" five times.
Sharp edge: Mixing tenses within the same role's bullet list.
Practice angle: Check your current resume for one tense-consistency slip and fix it.
Use the quick checks like checkpoints — short, repeatable, and honest about what stuck.
Quick checks
Three tap-only questions tied to this lesson. Get each one right once, then press Finish to unlock the next topic.