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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 540 · 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) “I quit.” (b) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Not my fault.”
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) greeting coworkers (c) taking others’ credit (d) phone on silent
  3. 3.🏢 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
  4. 4.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  5. 5.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  6. 6.🏢 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
  7. 7.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  9. 9.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) long personal calls (c) gossiping about others (d) arriving late daily
  11. 11.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  12. 12.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) greeting coworkers (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) phone on silent
  13. 13.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) leaving without telling (c) ignoring instructions (d) meeting deadlines
  15. 15.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  16. 16.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) gossiping about others (c) greeting coworkers (d) long personal calls
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) respecting others’ time (d) asking when unsure
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) gossiping about others (c) hiding a mistake (d) owning your mistakes
  19. 19.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) set it to silent (b) answer every call (c) turn up the volume (d) leave it ringing
  20. 20.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) hiding a mistake (c) ignoring instructions (d) gossiping about others
  21. 21.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) leave early (b) tell your supervisor (c) blame a coworker (d) hide it
  22. 22.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) rude replies on chat (c) ignoring instructions (d) arriving late daily
  23. 23.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  25. 25.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) phone on silent (c) owning your mistakes (d) hiding a mistake
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) greeting coworkers (c) leaving without telling (d) arriving late daily
  27. 27.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  28. 28.🏢 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
  29. 29.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) taking others’ credit (c) owning your mistakes (d) respecting others’ time
  30. 30.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) meeting deadlines (c) greeting coworkers (d) hiding a mistake
  32. 32.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) greeting coworkers (c) respecting others’ time (d) long personal calls
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) leaving without telling (c) asking when unsure (d) meeting deadlines
  34. 34.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) asking when unsure (c) taking others’ credit (d) long personal calls
  36. 36.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) long personal calls (c) leaving without telling (d) phone on silent
  39. 39.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) meeting deadlines (c) asking when unsure (d) gossiping about others

Answer key

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

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