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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 212 · 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: meeting deadlines? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  2. 2.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) greeting coworkers (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) owning your mistakes
  3. 3.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) owning your mistakes (c) meeting deadlines (d) hiding a mistake
  5. 5.🏢 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
  6. 6.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Not my fault.” (b) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) “I quit.”
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) greeting coworkers (c) asking when unsure (d) arriving on time
  8. 8.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) taking others’ credit (c) greeting coworkers (d) meeting deadlines
  9. 9.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) rude replies on chat (c) greeting coworkers (d) owning your mistakes
  12. 12.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  15. 15.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) hiding a mistake (c) greeting coworkers (d) arriving late daily
  16. 16.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) skip the whole day (b) say nothing (c) inform in advance (d) just come late
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) arriving late daily (c) greeting coworkers (d) meeting deadlines
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) hiding a mistake (c) arriving late daily (d) owning your mistakes
  19. 19.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) arriving late daily (c) gossiping about others (d) rude replies on chat
  20. 20.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  21. 21.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  24. 24.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) asking when unsure (c) taking others’ credit (d) gossiping about others
  25. 25.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) arriving on time (c) respecting others’ time (d) arriving late daily
  26. 26.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) respecting others’ time (c) long personal calls (d) rude replies on chat
  27. 27.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  28. 28.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) guess and hope (b) ask a customer (c) ask politely (d) do nothing
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) phone on silent (c) asking when unsure (d) owning your mistakes
  30. 30.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) meeting deadlines (c) gossiping about others (d) owning your mistakes
  32. 32.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) rude replies on chat (c) arriving late daily (d) meeting deadlines
  34. 34.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) roll your eyes (b) leave the room (c) interrupt loudly (d) wait for your turn
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) rude replies on chat (c) asking when unsure (d) respecting others’ time
  36. 36.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  38. 38.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) leaving without telling (c) gossiping about others (d) arriving on time
  39. 39.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) ignoring instructions (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) asking when unsure

Answer key

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

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