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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 520 · 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.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  2. 2.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) leaving without telling (d) taking others’ credit
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) greeting coworkers (c) respecting others’ time (d) phone on silent
  4. 4.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  5. 5.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (b) “I quit.” (c) “Not my fault.” (d) “Whatever.”
  7. 7.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) leave early (b) tell your supervisor (c) hide it (d) blame a coworker
  8. 8.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) ignoring instructions (c) asking when unsure (d) arriving on time
  9. 9.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) arriving late daily (c) long personal calls (d) arriving on time
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) respecting others’ time (c) long personal calls (d) gossiping about others
  11. 11.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) asking when unsure (c) respecting others’ time (d) leaving without telling
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) long personal calls (c) taking others’ credit (d) arriving on time
  13. 13.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) turn up the volume (b) answer every call (c) leave it ringing (d) set it to silent
  14. 14.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  15. 15.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  17. 17.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) phone on silent (c) arriving on time (d) respecting others’ time
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) leaving without telling (d) greeting coworkers
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) phone on silent (c) hiding a mistake (d) keeping your desk tidy
  20. 20.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) leaving without telling (c) gossiping about others (d) meeting deadlines
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) rude replies on chat (c) arriving late daily (d) gossiping about others
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) greeting coworkers (c) taking others’ credit (d) gossiping about others
  24. 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) rude replies on chat (c) leaving without telling (d) taking others’ credit
  26. 26.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  27. 27.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) owning your mistakes (c) greeting coworkers (d) keeping your desk tidy
  29. 29.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) do nothing (b) ask politely (c) ask a customer (d) guess and hope
  30. 30.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) long personal calls (c) phone on silent (d) asking when unsure
  31. 31.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) leave the room (b) interrupt loudly (c) wait for your turn (d) roll your eyes
  33. 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  34. 34.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) inform in advance (b) say nothing (c) just come late (d) skip the whole day
  36. 36.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  38. 38.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) respecting others’ time (c) owning your mistakes (d) asking when unsure
  40. 40.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) hiding a mistake (d) meeting deadlines

Answer key

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

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