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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 528 · 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.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Not my fault.” (c) “I quit.” (d) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
  2. 2.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) long personal calls (c) leaving without telling (d) keeping your desk tidy
  3. 3.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  4. 4.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  5. 5.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  6. 6.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) leave it ringing (b) turn up the volume (c) set it to silent (d) answer every call
  7. 7.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask politely (b) ask a customer (c) guess and hope (d) do nothing
  8. 8.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) roll your eyes (b) interrupt loudly (c) wait for your turn (d) leave the room
  9. 9.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) owning your mistakes (c) meeting deadlines (d) long personal calls
  12. 12.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) hiding a mistake (c) rude replies on chat (d) ignoring instructions
  13. 13.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) hide it (b) tell your supervisor (c) blame a coworker (d) leave early
  14. 14.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “long personal calls” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) hiding a mistake (c) leaving without telling (d) meeting deadlines
  17. 17.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) arriving late daily (c) leaving without telling (d) asking when unsure
  18. 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) ignoring instructions (c) rude replies on chat (d) owning your mistakes
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) owning your mistakes (c) taking others’ credit (d) meeting deadlines
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) arriving on time (c) respecting others’ time (d) leaving without telling
  22. 22.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) leaving without telling (d) meeting deadlines
  23. 23.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) gossiping about others (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) long personal calls
  25. 25.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  26. 26.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  27. 27.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) meeting deadlines (d) greeting coworkers
  30. 30.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) ignoring instructions (c) leaving without telling (d) gossiping about others
  31. 31.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) taking others’ credit (c) phone on silent (d) rude replies on chat
  33. 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  34. 34.🏢 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
  35. 35.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) rude replies on chat (c) hiding a mistake (d) respecting others’ time
  37. 37.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) phone on silent (c) arriving on time (d) ignoring instructions
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) taking others’ credit (c) ignoring instructions (d) long personal calls
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) long personal calls (c) phone on silent (d) rude replies on chat

Answer key

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

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