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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 681 · 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.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask a customer (b) do nothing (c) ask politely (d) guess and hope
  2. 2.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) hide it (b) blame a coworker (c) leave early (d) tell your supervisor
  3. 3.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) meeting deadlines (c) hiding a mistake (d) taking others’ credit
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) gossiping about others (c) ignoring instructions (d) hiding a mistake
  5. 5.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) hiding a mistake (c) owning your mistakes (d) respecting others’ time
  8. 8.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) ignoring instructions (c) arriving on time (d) meeting deadlines
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) rude replies on chat (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) asking when unsure
  11. 11.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) gossiping about others (c) ignoring instructions (d) long personal calls
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) leaving without telling (c) ignoring instructions (d) arriving late daily
  14. 14.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  15. 15.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) say nothing (b) skip the whole day (c) inform in advance (d) just come late
  16. 16.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) turn up the volume (b) answer every call (c) leave it ringing (d) set it to silent
  17. 17.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “I quit.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (d) “Not my fault.”
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) asking when unsure (c) arriving on time (d) arriving late daily
  19. 19.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) taking others’ credit (c) respecting others’ time (d) arriving on time
  20. 20.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) asking when unsure (c) taking others’ credit (d) arriving late daily
  21. 21.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  22. 22.🏢 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
  23. 23.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) long personal calls (c) greeting coworkers (d) respecting others’ time
  24. 24.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) meeting deadlines (c) phone on silent (d) asking when unsure
  26. 26.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) asking when unsure (c) meeting deadlines (d) ignoring instructions
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) respecting others’ time (c) rude replies on chat (d) arriving late daily
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) phone on silent (c) arriving on time (d) gossiping about others
  29. 29.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  30. 30.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) greeting coworkers (c) long personal calls (d) gossiping about others
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) gossiping about others (c) arriving late daily (d) greeting coworkers
  32. 32.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) rude replies on chat (c) arriving on time (d) asking when unsure
  33. 33.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) asking when unsure (c) arriving late daily (d) respecting others’ time
  35. 35.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) taking others’ credit (c) rude replies on chat (d) ignoring instructions
  36. 36.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  37. 37.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) hiding a mistake (c) owning your mistakes (d) keeping your desk tidy
  38. 38.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  39. 39.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) taking others’ credit (d) hiding a mistake
  40. 40.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit

Answer key

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

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