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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 729 · 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.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) answer every call (b) turn up the volume (c) leave it ringing (d) set it to silent
  2. 2.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  3. 3.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  4. 4.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) meeting deadlines (c) phone on silent (d) rude replies on chat
  5. 5.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) gossiping about others (c) hiding a mistake (d) leaving without telling
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) long personal calls (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) ignoring instructions
  8. 8.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) arriving late daily (c) asking when unsure (d) arriving on time
  10. 10.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) gossiping about others (d) rude replies on chat
  11. 11.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) arriving on time (c) hiding a mistake (d) gossiping about others
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) arriving on time (c) meeting deadlines (d) owning your mistakes
  13. 13.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  14. 14.🏢 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
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) arriving on time (c) ignoring instructions (d) asking when unsure
  16. 16.🏢 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
  17. 17.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  18. 18.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) owning your mistakes (c) rude replies on chat (d) ignoring instructions
  19. 19.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  20. 20.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  21. 21.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  23. 23.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) blame a coworker (b) leave early (c) tell your supervisor (d) hide it
  24. 24.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) inform in advance (b) skip the whole day (c) say nothing (d) just come late
  25. 25.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) taking others’ credit (c) gossiping about others (d) greeting coworkers
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) owning your mistakes (c) arriving on time (d) keeping your desk tidy
  27. 27.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “I quit.” (d) “Not my fault.”
  28. 28.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  30. 30.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) owning your mistakes (c) meeting deadlines (d) gossiping about others
  33. 33.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) gossiping about others (c) greeting coworkers (d) rude replies on chat
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) long personal calls (c) ignoring instructions (d) rude replies on chat
  36. 36.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  37. 37.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) hiding a mistake (c) taking others’ credit (d) gossiping about others
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) meeting deadlines (c) rude replies on chat (d) ignoring instructions
  40. 40.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) long personal calls (c) arriving on time (d) meeting deadlines

Answer key

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

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