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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 195 · 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.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  2. 2.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) long personal calls (c) leaving without telling (d) owning your mistakes
  3. 3.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  4. 4.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  5. 5.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) do nothing (b) guess and hope (c) ask a customer (d) ask politely
  6. 6.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) greeting coworkers (c) arriving on time (d) taking others’ credit
  8. 8.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) long personal calls (c) arriving on time (d) arriving late daily
  9. 9.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) turn up the volume (b) answer every call (c) set it to silent (d) leave it ringing
  10. 10.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) roll your eyes (b) wait for your turn (c) interrupt loudly (d) leave the room
  11. 11.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) greeting coworkers (c) owning your mistakes (d) phone on silent
  12. 12.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  13. 13.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) arriving late daily (c) hiding a mistake (d) greeting coworkers
  14. 14.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) ignoring instructions (c) taking others’ credit (d) arriving late daily
  16. 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  17. 17.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Not my fault.” (b) “I quit.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) arriving late daily (c) taking others’ credit (d) asking when unsure
  19. 19.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) owning your mistakes (c) greeting coworkers (d) asking when unsure
  23. 23.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) meeting deadlines (c) arriving late daily (d) long personal calls
  24. 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  25. 25.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) ignoring instructions (c) asking when unsure (d) keeping your desk tidy
  27. 27.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) hiding a mistake (c) long personal calls (d) taking others’ credit
  29. 29.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) arriving late daily (c) arriving on time (d) ignoring instructions
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) long personal calls (c) leaving without telling (d) owning your mistakes
  32. 32.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  33. 33.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) asking when unsure (c) respecting others’ time (d) keeping your desk tidy
  34. 34.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  38. 38.True or false: “long personal calls” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) greeting coworkers (c) leaving without telling (d) arriving on time
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) ignoring instructions (c) hiding a mistake (d) respecting others’ time

Answer key

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

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