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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 770 · 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.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) phone on silent (c) greeting coworkers (d) arriving on time
  3. 3.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  5. 5.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Not my fault.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (d) “I quit.”
  6. 6.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) blame a coworker (b) hide it (c) leave early (d) tell your supervisor
  7. 7.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) asking when unsure (c) ignoring instructions (d) arriving on time
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) arriving late daily (c) asking when unsure (d) gossiping about others
  9. 9.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  10. 10.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) hiding a mistake (c) owning your mistakes (d) phone on silent
  13. 13.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) wait for your turn (b) leave the room (c) interrupt loudly (d) roll your eyes
  14. 14.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) set it to silent (b) answer every call (c) turn up the volume (d) leave it ringing
  15. 15.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) meeting deadlines (c) owning your mistakes (d) gossiping about others
  16. 16.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) greeting coworkers (c) owning your mistakes (d) arriving on time
  17. 17.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) taking others’ credit (c) phone on silent (d) arriving late daily
  18. 18.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) hiding a mistake (c) greeting coworkers (d) taking others’ credit
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) taking others’ credit (c) owning your mistakes (d) leaving without telling
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) taking others’ credit (d) asking when unsure
  21. 21.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask a customer (b) do nothing (c) guess and hope (d) ask politely
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) phone on silent (d) hiding a mistake
  24. 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  25. 25.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  26. 26.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) phone on silent (c) long personal calls (d) owning your mistakes
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) phone on silent (c) respecting others’ time (d) meeting deadlines
  28. 28.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) owning your mistakes (c) asking when unsure (d) rude replies on chat
  30. 30.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) owning your mistakes (c) taking others’ credit (d) long personal calls
  31. 31.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  32. 32.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) rude replies on chat (c) leaving without telling (d) asking when unsure
  33. 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  34. 34.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) rude replies on chat (c) arriving late daily (d) hiding a mistake
  35. 35.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) taking others’ credit (c) rude replies on chat (d) respecting others’ time
  36. 36.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) rude replies on chat (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) meeting deadlines
  38. 38.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  39. 39.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) gossiping about others (c) taking others’ credit (d) arriving on time

Answer key

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

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