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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 451 · 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: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🏢 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.”
  3. 3.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) respecting others’ time (c) hiding a mistake (d) meeting deadlines
  4. 4.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) tell your supervisor (b) blame a coworker (c) leave early (d) hide it
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) arriving on time (c) gossiping about others (d) asking when unsure
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) asking when unsure (c) ignoring instructions (d) arriving on time
  7. 7.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  8. 8.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) rude replies on chat (c) long personal calls (d) arriving late daily
  9. 9.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) taking others’ credit (c) greeting coworkers (d) leaving without telling
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) taking others’ credit (c) phone on silent (d) owning your mistakes
  11. 11.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) rude replies on chat (c) arriving late daily (d) taking others’ credit
  14. 14.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  15. 15.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) arriving on time (c) ignoring instructions (d) taking others’ credit
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) arriving late daily (c) leaving without telling (d) arriving on time
  17. 17.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) leave it ringing (b) turn up the volume (c) answer every call (d) set it to silent
  18. 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  19. 19.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) gossiping about others (c) hiding a mistake (d) phone on silent
  20. 20.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🏢 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
  23. 23.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  24. 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  25. 25.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  26. 26.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) asking when unsure (c) owning your mistakes (d) rude replies on chat
  27. 27.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  28. 28.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) taking others’ credit (c) arriving late daily (d) phone on silent
  30. 30.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) skip the whole day (b) inform in advance (c) say nothing (d) just come late
  31. 31.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) interrupt loudly (b) wait for your turn (c) leave the room (d) roll your eyes
  32. 32.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  37. 37.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  38. 38.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) phone on silent (c) respecting others’ time (d) asking when unsure
  40. 40.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) long personal calls (c) gossiping about others (d) owning your mistakes

Answer key

  1. False
  2. “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
  3. hiding a mistake
  4. tell your supervisor
  5. gossiping about others
  6. ignoring instructions
  7. a good work habit
  8. keeping your desk tidy
  9. greeting coworkers
  10. taking others’ credit
  11. False
  12. a poor work habit
  13. greeting coworkers
  14. a good work habit
  15. arriving on time
  16. arriving on time
  17. set it to silent
  18. a poor work habit
  19. phone on silent
  20. False
  21. False
  22. ask politely
  23. a good work habit
  24. a poor work habit
  25. a poor work habit
  26. rude replies on chat
  27. a poor work habit
  28. a poor work habit
  29. phone on silent
  30. inform in advance
  31. wait for your turn
  32. True
  33. True
  34. False
  35. True
  36. a good work habit
  37. a poor work habit
  38. True
  39. long personal calls
  40. owning your mistakes

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