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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 424 · 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: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  4. 4.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) ignoring instructions (c) respecting others’ time (d) keeping your desk tidy
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) owning your mistakes (c) arriving late daily (d) phone on silent
  7. 7.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) interrupt loudly (b) roll your eyes (c) wait for your turn (d) leave the room
  8. 8.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  9. 9.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) phone on silent (c) gossiping about others (d) rude replies on chat
  10. 10.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  11. 11.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  12. 12.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) respecting others’ time (c) asking when unsure (d) ignoring instructions
  13. 13.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) meeting deadlines (c) respecting others’ time (d) arriving late daily
  14. 14.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) rude replies on chat (c) gossiping about others (d) meeting deadlines
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) hiding a mistake (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) phone on silent
  16. 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  17. 17.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  19. 19.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) asking when unsure (c) gossiping about others (d) phone on silent
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) leaving without telling (c) long personal calls (d) owning your mistakes
  22. 22.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) inform in advance (b) just come late (c) say nothing (d) skip the whole day
  23. 23.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  25. 25.🏢 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
  26. 26.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) asking when unsure (c) arriving late daily (d) leaving without telling
  27. 27.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) owning your mistakes (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) leaving without telling
  28. 28.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “I quit.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “Not my fault.” (d) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
  29. 29.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) do nothing (b) guess and hope (c) ask a customer (d) ask politely
  30. 30.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) meeting deadlines (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) gossiping about others
  31. 31.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) greeting coworkers (c) taking others’ credit (d) leaving without telling
  32. 32.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) meeting deadlines (c) phone on silent (d) long personal calls
  33. 33.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  35. 35.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) rude replies on chat (c) ignoring instructions (d) arriving on time
  37. 37.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  39. 39.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) greeting coworkers (c) meeting deadlines (d) rude replies on chat
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) arriving on time (c) taking others’ credit (d) respecting others’ time

Answer key

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

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