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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 535 · 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 of these is a good workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) ignoring instructions (c) gossiping about others (d) long personal calls
  2. 2.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  3. 3.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) asking when unsure (c) rude replies on chat (d) respecting others’ time
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) arriving on time (c) taking others’ credit (d) keeping your desk tidy
  6. 6.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  7. 7.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) hiding a mistake (c) meeting deadlines (d) asking when unsure
  10. 10.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) blame a coworker (b) tell your supervisor (c) leave early (d) hide it
  11. 11.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  12. 12.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  13. 13.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) leave it ringing (b) answer every call (c) turn up the volume (d) set it to silent
  14. 14.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) arriving late daily (c) hiding a mistake (d) keeping your desk tidy
  15. 15.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) long personal calls (c) gossiping about others (d) taking others’ credit
  16. 16.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask a customer (b) guess and hope (c) do nothing (d) ask politely
  17. 17.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) asking when unsure (c) taking others’ credit (d) arriving late daily
  18. 18.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) greeting coworkers (c) phone on silent (d) meeting deadlines
  20. 20.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) ignoring instructions (c) hiding a mistake (d) meeting deadlines
  21. 21.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) rude replies on chat (c) meeting deadlines (d) long personal calls
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) greeting coworkers (c) rude replies on chat (d) taking others’ credit
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) leaving without telling (c) taking others’ credit (d) ignoring instructions
  25. 25.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🏢 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.”
  28. 28.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  30. 30.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) respecting others’ time (c) arriving on time (d) arriving late daily
  34. 34.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) wait for your turn (b) leave the room (c) interrupt loudly (d) roll your eyes
  37. 37.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) gossiping about others (c) rude replies on chat (d) phone on silent
  40. 40.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) arriving late daily (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) greeting coworkers

Answer key

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

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