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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 143 · 40 questions
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Tip (Respect the work, time and people): Good: arriving on time, greeting coworkers, asking when unsure, owning your mistakes, meeting deadlines, phone on silent, respecting others’ time. Poor: gossiping, long personal calls, taking others’ credit, hiding a mistake, arriving late, ignoring instructions, leaving without telling. Feedback from a supervisor: “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” Will be late or absent? Inform in advance.

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  1. 1.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) answer every call (b) turn up the volume (c) leave it ringing (d) set it to silent
  3. 3.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) arriving on time (c) long personal calls (d) rude replies on chat
  4. 4.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  5. 5.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) phone on silent (c) leaving without telling (d) greeting coworkers
  8. 8.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  9. 9.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) leaving without telling (d) ignoring instructions
  10. 10.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) interrupt loudly (b) wait for your turn (c) roll your eyes (d) leave the room
  11. 11.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) asking when unsure (c) hiding a mistake (d) phone on silent
  12. 12.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  14. 14.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  16. 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  17. 17.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask politely (b) guess and hope (c) do nothing (d) ask a customer
  18. 18.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) say nothing (b) just come late (c) skip the whole day (d) inform in advance
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) gossiping about others (c) hiding a mistake (d) owning your mistakes
  20. 20.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  21. 21.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) owning your mistakes (c) leaving without telling (d) hiding a mistake
  23. 23.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  24. 24.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  27. 27.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) rude replies on chat (c) asking when unsure (d) hiding a mistake
  28. 28.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) meeting deadlines (c) arriving late daily (d) hiding a mistake
  30. 30.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) leave early (b) tell your supervisor (c) hide it (d) blame a coworker
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) long personal calls (c) gossiping about others (d) taking others’ credit
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) ignoring instructions (c) owning your mistakes (d) respecting others’ time
  33. 33.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) greeting coworkers (c) asking when unsure (d) keeping your desk tidy
  35. 35.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  36. 36.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) rude replies on chat (c) phone on silent (d) asking when unsure
  39. 39.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (b) “Not my fault.” (c) “I quit.” (d) “Whatever.”

Answer key

  1. True
  2. set it to silent
  3. arriving on time
  4. a good work habit
  5. False
  6. True
  7. leaving without telling
  8. a poor work habit
  9. keeping your desk tidy
  10. wait for your turn
  11. hiding a mistake
  12. True
  13. a poor work habit
  14. False
  15. a poor work habit
  16. a poor work habit
  17. ask politely
  18. inform in advance
  19. owning your mistakes
  20. a good work habit
  21. True
  22. owning your mistakes
  23. a poor work habit
  24. False
  25. False
  26. a good work habit
  27. asking when unsure
  28. True
  29. meeting deadlines
  30. tell your supervisor
  31. asking when unsure
  32. ignoring instructions
  33. False
  34. arriving late daily
  35. a poor work habit
  36. False
  37. False
  38. rude replies on chat
  39. True
  40. “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”

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