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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 600 · 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.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🏢 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.”
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) leaving without telling (c) phone on silent (d) gossiping about others
  5. 5.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) leaving without telling (c) asking when unsure (d) keeping your desk tidy
  6. 6.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) roll your eyes (b) interrupt loudly (c) wait for your turn (d) leave the room
  7. 7.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) inform in advance (b) say nothing (c) skip the whole day (d) just come late
  8. 8.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) greeting coworkers (c) ignoring instructions (d) leaving without telling
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) owning your mistakes (c) greeting coworkers (d) arriving on time
  10. 10.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) hide it (b) blame a coworker (c) leave early (d) tell your supervisor
  11. 11.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) gossiping about others (c) hiding a mistake (d) taking others’ credit
  13. 13.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) answer every call (b) set it to silent (c) leave it ringing (d) turn up the volume
  14. 14.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  15. 15.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  16. 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  17. 17.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  18. 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  19. 19.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) arriving late daily (c) taking others’ credit (d) gossiping about others
  21. 21.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “long personal calls” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) arriving on time (c) arriving late daily (d) meeting deadlines
  24. 24.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) taking others’ credit (c) respecting others’ time (d) owning your mistakes
  26. 26.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  27. 27.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) leaving without telling (c) arriving late daily (d) gossiping about others
  29. 29.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) phone on silent (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) rude replies on chat
  31. 31.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) arriving late daily (c) arriving on time (d) rude replies on chat
  33. 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  34. 34.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) long personal calls (c) taking others’ credit (d) arriving on time
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) taking others’ credit (c) leaving without telling (d) long personal calls
  36. 36.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) guess and hope (b) do nothing (c) ask a customer (d) ask politely
  39. 39.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) meeting deadlines (c) leaving without telling (d) long personal calls

Answer key

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

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