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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 359 · 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: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  2. 2.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  3. 3.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  4. 4.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) gossiping about others (c) owning your mistakes (d) phone on silent
  6. 6.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) asking when unsure (c) owning your mistakes (d) phone on silent
  7. 7.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  8. 8.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) turn up the volume (b) leave it ringing (c) set it to silent (d) answer every call
  10. 10.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “I quit.” (c) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (d) “Not my fault.”
  12. 12.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) blame a coworker (b) hide it (c) tell your supervisor (d) leave early
  13. 13.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) greeting coworkers (d) long personal calls
  14. 14.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) asking when unsure (c) owning your mistakes (d) respecting others’ time
  15. 15.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) guess and hope (b) do nothing (c) ask politely (d) ask a customer
  16. 16.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) leave the room (b) wait for your turn (c) interrupt loudly (d) roll your eyes
  17. 17.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) meeting deadlines (c) gossiping about others (d) hiding a mistake
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) ignoring instructions (c) arriving late daily (d) rude replies on chat
  21. 21.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  22. 22.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) arriving on time (c) hiding a mistake (d) gossiping about others
  23. 23.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) ignoring instructions (c) arriving late daily (d) hiding a mistake
  25. 25.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) long personal calls (c) respecting others’ time (d) gossiping about others
  27. 27.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) owning your mistakes (c) greeting coworkers (d) leaving without telling
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) greeting coworkers (d) long personal calls
  32. 32.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  34. 34.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) taking others’ credit (c) owning your mistakes (d) rude replies on chat
  36. 36.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) taking others’ credit (c) meeting deadlines (d) keeping your desk tidy
  38. 38.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  39. 39.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  40. 40.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) ignoring instructions (c) long personal calls (d) keeping your desk tidy

Answer key

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

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