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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 437 · 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) respecting others’ time (b) owning your mistakes (c) hiding a mistake (d) meeting deadlines
  2. 2.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) set it to silent (b) turn up the volume (c) answer every call (d) leave it ringing
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) respecting others’ time (c) ignoring instructions (d) arriving on time
  4. 4.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  5. 5.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  6. 6.🏢 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.”
  7. 7.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  8. 8.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) do nothing (b) ask a customer (c) guess and hope (d) ask politely
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) rude replies on chat (c) respecting others’ time (d) owning your mistakes
  10. 10.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) long personal calls (c) arriving late daily (d) owning your mistakes
  11. 11.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) respecting others’ time (c) arriving late daily (d) rude replies on chat
  14. 14.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) skip the whole day (b) say nothing (c) inform in advance (d) just come late
  16. 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  17. 17.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) owning your mistakes (c) arriving on time (d) hiding a mistake
  18. 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  19. 19.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) asking when unsure (d) leaving without telling
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) asking when unsure (c) arriving late daily (d) respecting others’ time
  22. 22.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) gossiping about others (c) arriving on time (d) leaving without telling
  24. 24.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  27. 27.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) gossiping about others (c) hiding a mistake (d) arriving on time
  28. 28.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) taking others’ credit (d) respecting others’ time
  30. 30.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) leave the room (b) interrupt loudly (c) roll your eyes (d) wait for your turn
  32. 32.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) arriving on time (c) gossiping about others (d) respecting others’ time
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) phone on silent (c) taking others’ credit (d) gossiping about others
  35. 35.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) greeting coworkers (c) hiding a mistake (d) long personal calls
  37. 37.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) gossiping about others (c) long personal calls (d) asking when unsure
  39. 39.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) asking when unsure (c) phone on silent (d) arriving on time

Answer key

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

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