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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

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

Answer key

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

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