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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 558 · 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) ignoring instructions (b) greeting coworkers (c) arriving late daily (d) long personal calls
  2. 2.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) meeting deadlines (c) owning your mistakes (d) respecting others’ time
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) greeting coworkers (c) taking others’ credit (d) respecting others’ time
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) greeting coworkers (c) leaving without telling (d) ignoring instructions
  5. 5.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) phone on silent (c) taking others’ credit (d) long personal calls
  6. 6.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) tell your supervisor (b) hide it (c) blame a coworker (d) leave early
  7. 7.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) arriving on time (c) meeting deadlines (d) ignoring instructions
  9. 9.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) meeting deadlines (c) ignoring instructions (d) gossiping about others
  10. 10.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  11. 11.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) phone on silent (c) asking when unsure (d) keeping your desk tidy
  12. 12.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  13. 13.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) interrupt loudly (b) leave the room (c) wait for your turn (d) roll your eyes
  15. 15.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) taking others’ credit (c) gossiping about others (d) arriving on time
  16. 16.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask a customer (b) ask politely (c) guess and hope (d) do nothing
  17. 17.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) arriving late daily (c) owning your mistakes (d) taking others’ credit
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) long personal calls (c) hiding a mistake (d) taking others’ credit
  21. 21.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  22. 22.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) gossiping about others (c) arriving on time (d) hiding a mistake
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) asking when unsure (c) meeting deadlines (d) owning your mistakes
  25. 25.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) ignoring instructions (c) leaving without telling (d) arriving late daily
  27. 27.True or false: “long personal calls” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) leave it ringing (b) answer every call (c) set it to silent (d) turn up the volume
  29. 29.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) phone on silent (c) asking when unsure (d) arriving on time
  30. 30.🏢 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.”
  31. 31.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) taking others’ credit (c) arriving late daily (d) gossiping about others
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) gossiping about others (c) arriving late daily (d) hiding a mistake
  34. 34.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  36. 36.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  37. 37.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  38. 38.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) say nothing (b) skip the whole day (c) just come late (d) inform in advance
  40. 40.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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