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The MBA resume action-verb bank

361 verbs, grouped by the question each one answers, so you find the right word by recognition instead of scrolling an alphabetical wall. Click any verb to copy it.

The five verbs adcoms are numbest to:

led, managed, worked, helped, responsible for. If a bullet leans on one of these, the sharper, more specific verb is usually somewhere below.

How did you observe or pay special attention to something?

How did you discover something?

How did you evaluate something?

How well did you understand something?

How did you start something?

How did you finish something?

How did you document something?

How did you supervise employees?

How were you future-oriented?

How did you manage or lead?

How did you save the day?

How were you part of a team?

How did you obtain something new?

How did you make something?

How did you provide something?

How did you operate something?

How did you organize something?

How did you make decisions?

How were you accountable?

How did you make changes?

How did you improve things?

What new idea did you think of?

What connections did you make?

How did you communicate an idea?

What did you explain?

How did you negotiate for something?

How did you work with people?

How did you increase sales or territory?

What financial functions did you perform?

How did you save money, time or resources?

What did you achieve?

When were you recognized with honors or awards?

When did you get results?

A strong verb is the easy part.

The hard part is the whole bullet: the action, the measurable impact, and why it mattered. Inside AdmitForge, every bullet you write gets pressure-tested against that standard. The verb bank gets you to a good draft; the workspace makes it land.

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