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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 692 · 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.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) interrupt loudly (b) roll your eyes (c) wait for your turn (d) leave the room
  2. 2.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  3. 3.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  4. 4.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) hide it (b) leave early (c) tell your supervisor (d) blame a coworker
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) taking others’ credit (c) ignoring instructions (d) arriving late daily
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) greeting coworkers (c) arriving on time (d) owning your mistakes
  7. 7.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) say nothing (b) just come late (c) skip the whole day (d) inform in advance
  8. 8.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) greeting coworkers (c) respecting others’ time (d) leaving without telling
  9. 9.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) taking others’ credit (c) respecting others’ time (d) keeping your desk tidy
  10. 10.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) phone on silent (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) meeting deadlines
  12. 12.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) meeting deadlines (c) arriving late daily (d) phone on silent
  13. 13.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) arriving late daily (c) long personal calls (d) arriving on time
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) gossiping about others (c) leaving without telling (d) keeping your desk tidy
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) leaving without telling (c) asking when unsure (d) rude replies on chat
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) meeting deadlines (c) greeting coworkers (d) long personal calls
  18. 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  19. 19.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) hiding a mistake (c) rude replies on chat (d) arriving late daily
  20. 20.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) meeting deadlines (c) hiding a mistake (d) leaving without telling
  21. 21.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) gossiping about others (c) greeting coworkers (d) respecting others’ time
  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) long personal calls (b) arriving late daily (c) phone on silent (d) gossiping about others
  26. 26.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  27. 27.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) phone on silent (c) meeting deadlines (d) arriving on time
  28. 28.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  29. 29.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) greeting coworkers (c) leaving without telling (d) respecting others’ time
  31. 31.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  32. 32.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) asking when unsure (c) meeting deadlines (d) arriving on time
  33. 33.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) guess and hope (b) ask politely (c) ask a customer (d) do nothing
  34. 34.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) respecting others’ time (c) greeting coworkers (d) keeping your desk tidy
  36. 36.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit

Answer key

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

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