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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 594 · 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 will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) inform in advance (b) just come late (c) skip the whole day (d) say nothing
  2. 2.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  3. 3.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) arriving on time (c) phone on silent (d) long personal calls
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) gossiping about others (c) ignoring instructions (d) meeting deadlines
  5. 5.🏢 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
  6. 6.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) phone on silent (c) rude replies on chat (d) asking when unsure
  8. 8.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) taking others’ credit (d) arriving late daily
  10. 10.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) respecting others’ time (c) hiding a mistake (d) taking others’ credit
  12. 12.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) owning your mistakes (c) arriving late daily (d) hiding a mistake
  13. 13.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  15. 15.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask politely (b) ask a customer (c) do nothing (d) guess and hope
  19. 19.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) taking others’ credit (c) arriving on time (d) greeting coworkers
  20. 20.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) gossiping about others (c) taking others’ credit (d) owning your mistakes
  22. 22.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “I quit.” (b) “Not my fault.” (c) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (d) “Whatever.”
  23. 23.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  24. 24.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) turn up the volume (b) set it to silent (c) answer every call (d) leave it ringing
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) meeting deadlines (c) gossiping about others (d) respecting others’ time
  26. 26.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) leaving without telling (c) arriving on time (d) hiding a mistake
  27. 27.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) respecting others’ time (c) ignoring instructions (d) hiding a mistake
  28. 28.True or false: “arriving on time” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) hiding a mistake (c) ignoring instructions (d) rude replies on chat
  30. 30.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  33. 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  34. 34.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  36. 36.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) ignoring instructions (c) meeting deadlines (d) arriving on time
  37. 37.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) hiding a mistake (c) gossiping about others (d) greeting coworkers
  39. 39.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) phone on silent (c) arriving late daily (d) rude replies on chat

Answer key

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

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