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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 296 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) respecting others’ time (c) long personal calls (d) meeting deadlines
  2. 2.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  3. 3.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask a customer (b) do nothing (c) guess and hope (d) ask politely
  4. 4.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) phone on silent (c) gossiping about others (d) taking others’ credit
  5. 5.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  7. 7.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) answer every call (b) turn up the volume (c) leave it ringing (d) set it to silent
  8. 8.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) meeting deadlines (c) phone on silent (d) ignoring instructions
  10. 10.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) blame a coworker (b) leave early (c) tell your supervisor (d) hide it
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) gossiping about others (c) phone on silent (d) long personal calls
  12. 12.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) ignoring instructions (d) arriving late daily
  13. 13.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  17. 17.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “I quit.” (b) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (c) “Not my fault.” (d) “Whatever.”
  18. 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  19. 19.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) arriving on time (c) leaving without telling (d) meeting deadlines
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) long personal calls (c) greeting coworkers (d) hiding a mistake
  21. 21.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) meeting deadlines (c) phone on silent (d) rude replies on chat
  24. 24.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) asking when unsure (c) taking others’ credit (d) meeting deadlines
  25. 25.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  27. 27.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) skip the whole day (b) just come late (c) say nothing (d) inform in advance
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) ignoring instructions (c) respecting others’ time (d) hiding a mistake
  29. 29.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  30. 30.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) interrupt loudly (b) leave the room (c) roll your eyes (d) wait for your turn
  31. 31.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) greeting coworkers (c) ignoring instructions (d) keeping your desk tidy
  32. 32.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  33. 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) leaving without telling (c) hiding a mistake (d) meeting deadlines
  35. 35.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  36. 36.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) greeting coworkers (c) respecting others’ time (d) hiding a mistake
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) arriving late daily (c) taking others’ credit (d) rude replies on chat
  38. 38.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) rude replies on chat (c) arriving on time (d) leaving without telling
  39. 39.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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