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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 81 · 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.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) interrupt loudly (b) leave the room (c) roll your eyes (d) wait for your turn
  2. 2.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask a customer (b) ask politely (c) guess and hope (d) do nothing
  3. 3.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) hiding a mistake (c) leaving without telling (d) greeting coworkers
  4. 4.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) asking when unsure (c) long personal calls (d) meeting deadlines
  5. 5.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) hide it (b) blame a coworker (c) tell your supervisor (d) leave early
  6. 6.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) arriving late daily (c) asking when unsure (d) meeting deadlines
  8. 8.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) phone on silent (d) gossiping about others
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) rude replies on chat (c) hiding a mistake (d) greeting coworkers
  10. 10.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) hiding a mistake (c) owning your mistakes (d) phone on silent
  11. 11.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  12. 12.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  14. 14.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) arriving on time (c) rude replies on chat (d) long personal calls
  16. 16.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) arriving late daily (c) ignoring instructions (d) keeping your desk tidy
  17. 17.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) turn up the volume (b) set it to silent (c) answer every call (d) leave it ringing
  18. 18.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “I quit.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (d) “Not my fault.”
  19. 19.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) taking others’ credit (c) hiding a mistake (d) asking when unsure
  21. 21.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) long personal calls (c) taking others’ credit (d) meeting deadlines
  22. 22.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) respecting others’ time (c) asking when unsure (d) greeting coworkers
  23. 23.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  25. 25.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) long personal calls (c) rude replies on chat (d) gossiping about others
  27. 27.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) arriving late daily (c) respecting others’ time (d) gossiping about others
  28. 28.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) meeting deadlines (c) arriving late daily (d) respecting others’ time
  30. 30.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) asking when unsure (c) leaving without telling (d) gossiping about others
  31. 31.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) taking others’ credit (c) arriving late daily (d) owning your mistakes
  32. 32.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  33. 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  34. 34.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  36. 36.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  37. 37.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) just come late (b) skip the whole day (c) inform in advance (d) say nothing
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) greeting coworkers (c) asking when unsure (d) phone on silent

Answer key

  1. wait for your turn
  2. ask politely
  3. greeting coworkers
  4. long personal calls
  5. tell your supervisor
  6. a poor work habit
  7. arriving late daily
  8. gossiping about others
  9. greeting coworkers
  10. hiding a mistake
  11. a good work habit
  12. False
  13. a good work habit
  14. a good work habit
  15. arriving on time
  16. keeping your desk tidy
  17. set it to silent
  18. “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
  19. a good work habit
  20. asking when unsure
  21. meeting deadlines
  22. ignoring instructions
  23. False
  24. a poor work habit
  25. True
  26. arriving on time
  27. respecting others’ time
  28. True
  29. arriving late daily
  30. asking when unsure
  31. owning your mistakes
  32. a good work habit
  33. a poor work habit
  34. True
  35. a good work habit
  36. a good work habit
  37. True
  38. False
  39. inform in advance
  40. taking others’ credit

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