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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 203 · 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: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  2. 2.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  3. 3.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  4. 4.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) phone on silent (d) arriving on time
  5. 5.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) greeting coworkers (c) respecting others’ time (d) meeting deadlines
  6. 6.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  7. 7.🏢 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
  8. 8.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Not my fault.” (b) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (c) “I quit.” (d) “Whatever.”
  9. 9.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask politely (b) do nothing (c) guess and hope (d) ask a customer
  10. 10.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) meeting deadlines (c) owning your mistakes (d) arriving late daily
  12. 12.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) arriving late daily (c) taking others’ credit (d) gossiping about others
  13. 13.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) rude replies on chat (c) greeting coworkers (d) asking when unsure
  15. 15.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) leaving without telling (c) gossiping about others (d) meeting deadlines
  16. 16.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) long personal calls (c) greeting coworkers (d) phone on silent
  17. 17.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) long personal calls (c) hiding a mistake (d) ignoring instructions
  19. 19.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) hide it (b) tell your supervisor (c) blame a coworker (d) leave early
  21. 21.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) taking others’ credit (c) owning your mistakes (d) leaving without telling
  22. 22.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  23. 23.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  25. 25.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) set it to silent (b) turn up the volume (c) answer every call (d) leave it ringing
  26. 26.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) respecting others’ time (c) ignoring instructions (d) arriving late daily
  27. 27.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) rude replies on chat (c) meeting deadlines (d) phone on silent
  28. 28.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) long personal calls (c) leaving without telling (d) hiding a mistake
  29. 29.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) greeting coworkers (c) long personal calls (d) arriving late daily
  31. 31.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) owning your mistakes (c) respecting others’ time (d) ignoring instructions
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) owning your mistakes (c) greeting coworkers (d) respecting others’ time
  36. 36.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) phone on silent (c) owning your mistakes (d) greeting coworkers
  37. 37.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🏢 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) leave the room (d) interrupt loudly
  40. 40.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit

Answer key

  1. a poor work habit
  2. a good work habit
  3. a good work habit
  4. gossiping about others
  5. taking others’ credit
  6. a good work habit
  7. inform in advance
  8. “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
  9. ask politely
  10. True
  11. arriving late daily
  12. keeping your desk tidy
  13. True
  14. rude replies on chat
  15. meeting deadlines
  16. long personal calls
  17. False
  18. asking when unsure
  19. False
  20. tell your supervisor
  21. owning your mistakes
  22. a good work habit
  23. False
  24. a poor work habit
  25. set it to silent
  26. respecting others’ time
  27. rude replies on chat
  28. greeting coworkers
  29. True
  30. greeting coworkers
  31. False
  32. False
  33. True
  34. ignoring instructions
  35. taking others’ credit
  36. hiding a mistake
  37. True
  38. False
  39. wait for your turn
  40. a good work habit

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