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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 644 · 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.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) leaving without telling (c) respecting others’ time (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) do nothing (c) ask a customer (d) ask politely
  4. 4.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) taking others’ credit (c) long personal calls (d) gossiping about others
  5. 5.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) rude replies on chat (c) long personal calls (d) phone on silent
  6. 6.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) meeting deadlines (c) ignoring instructions (d) hiding a mistake
  8. 8.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  9. 9.🏢 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.”
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) long personal calls (c) respecting others’ time (d) gossiping about others
  11. 11.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) meeting deadlines (c) rude replies on chat (d) ignoring instructions
  12. 12.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) set it to silent (b) turn up the volume (c) leave it ringing (d) answer every call
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) meeting deadlines (c) asking when unsure (d) phone on silent
  14. 14.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) owning your mistakes (c) phone on silent (d) respecting others’ time
  16. 16.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) greeting coworkers (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) arriving on time
  17. 17.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) ignoring instructions (d) hiding a mistake
  19. 19.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) skip the whole day (b) just come late (c) say nothing (d) inform in advance
  20. 20.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) arriving late daily (d) hiding a mistake
  21. 21.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  22. 22.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) long personal calls (c) owning your mistakes (d) taking others’ credit
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) hiding a mistake (c) asking when unsure (d) greeting coworkers
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) phone on silent (c) arriving late daily (d) owning your mistakes
  25. 25.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  26. 26.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) arriving on time (c) ignoring instructions (d) greeting coworkers
  28. 28.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  29. 29.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  31. 31.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  34. 34.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  35. 35.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) arriving on time (c) greeting coworkers (d) arriving late daily
  36. 36.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) rude replies on chat (c) long personal calls (d) asking when unsure
  37. 37.🏢 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
  38. 38.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  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) greeting coworkers (b) hiding a mistake (c) gossiping about others (d) long personal calls

Answer key

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

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