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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 507 · 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) gossiping about others (b) leaving without telling (c) taking others’ credit (d) arriving on time
  2. 2.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) leave early (b) tell your supervisor (c) blame a coworker (d) hide it
  3. 3.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  4. 4.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) owning your mistakes (c) taking others’ credit (d) greeting coworkers
  6. 6.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) ignoring instructions (c) asking when unsure (d) hiding a mistake
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) rude replies on chat (c) respecting others’ time (d) ignoring instructions
  8. 8.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🏢 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
  10. 10.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) gossiping about others (c) arriving on time (d) respecting others’ time
  11. 11.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) meeting deadlines (d) leaving without telling
  12. 12.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  14. 14.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) ignoring instructions (c) respecting others’ time (d) taking others’ credit
  15. 15.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  16. 16.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) hiding a mistake (c) taking others’ credit (d) meeting deadlines
  18. 18.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) phone on silent (c) gossiping about others (d) rude replies on chat
  19. 19.True or false: “long personal calls” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) arriving late daily (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) leaving without telling
  21. 21.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) long personal calls (c) arriving on time (d) leaving without telling
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) asking when unsure (c) hiding a mistake (d) keeping your desk tidy
  23. 23.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  26. 26.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  27. 27.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) meeting deadlines (c) phone on silent (d) respecting others’ time
  29. 29.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🏢 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.”
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) hiding a mistake (c) asking when unsure (d) arriving late daily
  32. 32.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  34. 34.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) guess and hope (b) ask a customer (c) ask politely (d) do nothing
  35. 35.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) leave it ringing (b) answer every call (c) set it to silent (d) turn up the volume
  36. 36.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) greeting coworkers (c) taking others’ credit (d) gossiping about others
  37. 37.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) owning your mistakes (c) long personal calls (d) leaving without telling
  38. 38.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  39. 39.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  40. 40.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit

Answer key

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

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