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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 539 · 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.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) tell your supervisor (b) leave early (c) blame a coworker (d) hide it
  2. 2.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) phone on silent (c) meeting deadlines (d) asking when unsure
  3. 3.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) skip the whole day (b) say nothing (c) just come late (d) inform in advance
  4. 4.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) asking when unsure (c) ignoring instructions (d) greeting coworkers
  5. 5.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask a customer (b) do nothing (c) ask politely (d) guess and hope
  6. 6.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) gossiping about others (c) arriving on time (d) ignoring instructions
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) arriving late daily (c) gossiping about others (d) long personal calls
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) phone on silent (c) asking when unsure (d) meeting deadlines
  9. 9.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) set it to silent (b) leave it ringing (c) answer every call (d) turn up the volume
  10. 10.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  11. 11.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  12. 12.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  13. 13.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) ignoring instructions (c) phone on silent (d) long personal calls
  14. 14.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) leave the room (b) interrupt loudly (c) roll your eyes (d) wait for your turn
  17. 17.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  18. 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) arriving late daily (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) phone on silent
  20. 20.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) taking others’ credit (c) meeting deadlines (d) rude replies on chat
  21. 21.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  22. 22.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (c) “Not my fault.” (d) “I quit.”
  23. 23.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  24. 24.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) long personal calls (c) hiding a mistake (d) asking when unsure
  25. 25.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) ignoring instructions (c) rude replies on chat (d) owning your mistakes
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) hiding a mistake (c) phone on silent (d) taking others’ credit
  27. 27.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) taking others’ credit (c) ignoring instructions (d) keeping your desk tidy
  29. 29.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) gossiping about others (c) respecting others’ time (d) taking others’ credit
  31. 31.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  32. 32.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) long personal calls (c) asking when unsure (d) keeping your desk tidy
  33. 33.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) hiding a mistake (c) arriving late daily (d) respecting others’ time
  34. 34.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  35. 35.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) owning your mistakes (c) taking others’ credit (d) greeting coworkers
  38. 38.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) arriving late daily (c) owning your mistakes (d) rude replies on chat

Answer key

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

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