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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 791 · 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.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask a customer (b) guess and hope (c) do nothing (d) ask politely
  2. 2.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) leaving without telling (c) greeting coworkers (d) gossiping about others
  3. 3.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  4. 4.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  6. 6.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) hiding a mistake (c) phone on silent (d) long personal calls
  7. 7.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Not my fault.” (b) “I quit.” (c) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (d) “Whatever.”
  8. 8.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  10. 10.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) interrupt loudly (b) leave the room (c) wait for your turn (d) roll your eyes
  11. 11.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) gossiping about others (c) owning your mistakes (d) arriving on time
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) gossiping about others (c) meeting deadlines (d) ignoring instructions
  15. 15.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) leave early (b) hide it (c) blame a coworker (d) tell your supervisor
  16. 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  17. 17.True or false: “arriving on time” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  19. 19.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) respecting others’ time (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) gossiping about others
  21. 21.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) taking others’ credit (c) owning your mistakes (d) arriving late daily
  23. 23.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  24. 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  25. 25.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) ignoring instructions (d) meeting deadlines
  27. 27.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) leaving without telling (c) asking when unsure (d) phone on silent
  28. 28.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🏢 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
  30. 30.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) leave it ringing (b) turn up the volume (c) answer every call (d) set it to silent
  31. 31.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) hiding a mistake (c) leaving without telling (d) arriving late daily
  32. 32.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) rude replies on chat (d) arriving late daily
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) phone on silent (c) hiding a mistake (d) long personal calls
  35. 35.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  36. 36.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) hiding a mistake (c) leaving without telling (d) respecting others’ time
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) arriving late daily (c) gossiping about others (d) arriving on time
  39. 39.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) arriving on time (c) asking when unsure (d) long personal calls
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) greeting coworkers (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) meeting deadlines

Answer key

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

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