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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 288 · 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.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  3. 3.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) greeting coworkers (c) respecting others’ time (d) rude replies on chat
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) arriving late daily (c) asking when unsure (d) gossiping about others
  6. 6.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  7. 7.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  9. 9.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  10. 10.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  11. 11.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) leave early (b) blame a coworker (c) tell your supervisor (d) hide it
  12. 12.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) owning your mistakes (c) arriving late daily (d) rude replies on chat
  14. 14.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (c) “I quit.” (d) “Not my fault.”
  15. 15.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) just come late (b) inform in advance (c) say nothing (d) skip the whole day
  17. 17.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) rude replies on chat (c) taking others’ credit (d) ignoring instructions
  18. 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  19. 19.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask politely (b) ask a customer (c) guess and hope (d) do nothing
  20. 20.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) respecting others’ time (c) owning your mistakes (d) arriving late daily
  21. 21.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) rude replies on chat (c) greeting coworkers (d) arriving late daily
  23. 23.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🏢 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
  25. 25.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  26. 26.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  28. 28.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) rude replies on chat (c) hiding a mistake (d) long personal calls
  30. 30.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  31. 31.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) owning your mistakes (c) taking others’ credit (d) respecting others’ time
  32. 32.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “arriving on time” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) arriving on time (c) respecting others’ time (d) hiding a mistake
  35. 35.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) set it to silent (b) turn up the volume (c) leave it ringing (d) answer every call
  36. 36.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  38. 38.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) greeting coworkers (c) taking others’ credit (d) hiding a mistake
  40. 40.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) hiding a mistake (c) arriving late daily (d) meeting deadlines

Answer key

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

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