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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 269 · 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.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) owning your mistakes (c) respecting others’ time (d) hiding a mistake
  2. 2.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) long personal calls (c) hiding a mistake (d) arriving on time
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) hiding a mistake (c) rude replies on chat (d) arriving on time
  4. 4.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) hide it (b) blame a coworker (c) leave early (d) tell your supervisor
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) phone on silent (c) ignoring instructions (d) gossiping about others
  6. 6.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (b) “I quit.” (c) “Not my fault.” (d) “Whatever.”
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) arriving late daily (c) greeting coworkers (d) ignoring instructions
  8. 8.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) leave the room (b) roll your eyes (c) wait for your turn (d) interrupt loudly
  9. 9.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  10. 10.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  12. 12.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  13. 13.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) owning your mistakes (c) leaving without telling (d) arriving late daily
  15. 15.True or false: “arriving on time” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  18. 18.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  20. 20.🏢 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
  21. 21.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) respecting others’ time (c) long personal calls (d) owning your mistakes
  22. 22.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) greeting coworkers (c) phone on silent (d) keeping your desk tidy
  23. 23.🏢 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
  24. 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) phone on silent (c) arriving on time (d) asking when unsure
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) arriving on time (c) meeting deadlines (d) taking others’ credit
  27. 27.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) meeting deadlines (c) arriving on time (d) phone on silent
  29. 29.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  31. 31.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) hiding a mistake (c) asking when unsure (d) respecting others’ time
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) ignoring instructions (c) respecting others’ time (d) meeting deadlines
  34. 34.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) arriving late daily (c) hiding a mistake (d) long personal calls
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) asking when unsure (c) phone on silent (d) arriving on time
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) rude replies on chat (c) taking others’ credit (d) meeting deadlines
  38. 38.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) rude replies on chat (c) taking others’ credit (d) meeting deadlines
  40. 40.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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