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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

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

Answer key

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

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