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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 721 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) long personal calls (c) owning your mistakes (d) arriving on time
  2. 2.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) tell your supervisor (b) hide it (c) leave early (d) blame a coworker
  3. 3.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) respecting others’ time (c) meeting deadlines (d) greeting coworkers
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) rude replies on chat (c) meeting deadlines (d) long personal calls
  5. 5.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) leaving without telling (c) gossiping about others (d) greeting coworkers
  6. 6.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) set it to silent (b) turn up the volume (c) answer every call (d) leave it ringing
  7. 7.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) arriving late daily (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) rude replies on chat
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) leaving without telling (c) greeting coworkers (d) owning your mistakes
  10. 10.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) rude replies on chat (c) long personal calls (d) respecting others’ time
  12. 12.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) greeting coworkers (c) respecting others’ time (d) rude replies on chat
  14. 14.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) inform in advance (b) just come late (c) say nothing (d) skip the whole day
  15. 15.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “I quit.” (c) “Not my fault.” (d) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
  16. 16.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  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 poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) respecting others’ time (c) phone on silent (d) arriving late daily
  20. 20.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  22. 22.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) owning your mistakes (c) gossiping about others (d) greeting coworkers
  23. 23.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) greeting coworkers (c) asking when unsure (d) phone on silent
  26. 26.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  27. 27.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  28. 28.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) roll your eyes (b) leave the room (c) interrupt loudly (d) wait for your turn
  29. 29.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) arriving on time (c) long personal calls (d) hiding a mistake
  31. 31.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) asking when unsure (c) owning your mistakes (d) respecting others’ time
  34. 34.🏢 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
  35. 35.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) taking others’ credit (c) hiding a mistake (d) owning your mistakes
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) phone on silent (c) meeting deadlines (d) respecting others’ time
  40. 40.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit

Answer key

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

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