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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 78 · 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.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  2. 2.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  3. 3.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) set it to silent (b) leave it ringing (c) turn up the volume (d) answer every call
  4. 4.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) roll your eyes (b) wait for your turn (c) interrupt loudly (d) leave the room
  5. 5.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) taking others’ credit (c) owning your mistakes (d) hiding a mistake
  6. 6.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask politely (b) do nothing (c) ask a customer (d) guess and hope
  10. 10.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) leaving without telling (c) arriving on time (d) hiding a mistake
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) gossiping about others (c) meeting deadlines (d) greeting coworkers
  13. 13.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) tell your supervisor (b) blame a coworker (c) leave early (d) hide it
  14. 14.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (c) “I quit.” (d) “Not my fault.”
  15. 15.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) owning your mistakes (c) leaving without telling (d) phone on silent
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) long personal calls (c) leaving without telling (d) ignoring instructions
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) asking when unsure (c) leaving without telling (d) phone on silent
  18. 18.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  20. 20.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) meeting deadlines (d) asking when unsure
  21. 21.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) respecting others’ time (c) hiding a mistake (d) ignoring instructions
  22. 22.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) phone on silent (c) respecting others’ time (d) hiding a mistake
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) ignoring instructions (c) phone on silent (d) gossiping about others
  25. 25.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) arriving on time (c) long personal calls (d) phone on silent
  26. 26.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  27. 27.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) gossiping about others (c) phone on silent (d) hiding a mistake
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) phone on silent (d) taking others’ credit
  30. 30.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) skip the whole day (b) just come late (c) inform in advance (d) say nothing
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) rude replies on chat (c) hiding a mistake (d) arriving on time
  32. 32.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  34. 34.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) respecting others’ time (c) long personal calls (d) leaving without telling
  36. 36.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) long personal calls (c) ignoring instructions (d) owning your mistakes
  39. 39.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  40. 40.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) gossiping about others (c) phone on silent (d) meeting deadlines

Answer key

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

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