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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 219 · 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.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) turn up the volume (b) set it to silent (c) answer every call (d) leave it ringing
  2. 2.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) hide it (b) leave early (c) tell your supervisor (d) blame a coworker
  3. 3.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) taking others’ credit (c) arriving late daily (d) arriving on time
  4. 4.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) long personal calls (c) arriving late daily (d) taking others’ credit
  5. 5.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) leaving without telling (c) rude replies on chat (d) ignoring instructions
  8. 8.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) meeting deadlines (c) arriving on time (d) asking when unsure
  9. 9.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  10. 10.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  12. 12.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  13. 13.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) greeting coworkers (c) meeting deadlines (d) arriving late daily
  14. 14.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  15. 15.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  16. 16.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) asking when unsure (c) arriving on time (d) arriving late daily
  18. 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  19. 19.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) greeting coworkers (c) meeting deadlines (d) gossiping about others
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) arriving on time (c) long personal calls (d) owning your mistakes
  22. 22.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  23. 23.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask politely (b) guess and hope (c) ask a customer (d) do nothing
  24. 24.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) inform in advance (b) just come late (c) skip the whole day (d) say nothing
  26. 26.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  27. 27.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) leave the room (b) interrupt loudly (c) wait for your turn (d) roll your eyes
  29. 29.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) phone on silent (c) rude replies on chat (d) gossiping about others
  31. 31.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) gossiping about others (c) ignoring instructions (d) meeting deadlines
  33. 33.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) long personal calls (c) greeting coworkers (d) leaving without telling
  36. 36.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) taking others’ credit (c) gossiping about others (d) greeting coworkers
  37. 37.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  38. 38.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  39. 39.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) rude replies on chat (c) phone on silent (d) arriving late daily
  40. 40.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) hiding a mistake (d) leaving without telling

Answer key

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

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