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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 400 · 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 good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) meeting deadlines (c) hiding a mistake (d) leaving without telling
  2. 2.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  4. 4.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) owning your mistakes (c) arriving late daily (d) phone on silent
  5. 5.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  7. 7.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  9. 9.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) respecting others’ time (d) hiding a mistake
  10. 10.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  11. 11.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) wait for your turn (b) interrupt loudly (c) roll your eyes (d) leave the room
  13. 13.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “I quit.” (b) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Not my fault.”
  14. 14.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask politely (b) do nothing (c) guess and hope (d) ask a customer
  16. 16.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) leaving without telling (c) arriving on time (d) meeting deadlines
  17. 17.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) answer every call (b) set it to silent (c) turn up the volume (d) leave it ringing
  21. 21.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) hide it (b) blame a coworker (c) leave early (d) tell your supervisor
  23. 23.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) gossiping about others (c) hiding a mistake (d) long personal calls
  24. 24.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) arriving late daily (c) long personal calls (d) respecting others’ time
  25. 25.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) respecting others’ time (c) arriving late daily (d) owning your mistakes
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) owning your mistakes (c) gossiping about others (d) ignoring instructions
  29. 29.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) arriving on time (c) taking others’ credit (d) rude replies on chat
  32. 32.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) gossiping about others (c) long personal calls (d) rude replies on chat
  33. 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) owning your mistakes (d) rude replies on chat
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) phone on silent (c) arriving on time (d) long personal calls
  36. 36.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) asking when unsure (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) meeting deadlines
  37. 37.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) ignoring instructions (c) phone on silent (d) gossiping about others
  39. 39.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) ignoring instructions (d) meeting deadlines
  40. 40.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) phone on silent (c) long personal calls (d) asking when unsure

Answer key

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

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