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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 88 · 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.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) arriving on time (c) long personal calls (d) owning your mistakes
  2. 2.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Not my fault.” (c) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (d) “I quit.”
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) long personal calls (c) rude replies on chat (d) hiding a mistake
  4. 4.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  5. 5.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  6. 6.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  7. 7.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) respecting others’ time (c) meeting deadlines (d) owning your mistakes
  9. 9.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) ignoring instructions (c) arriving on time (d) greeting coworkers
  10. 10.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) say nothing (b) just come late (c) inform in advance (d) skip the whole day
  11. 11.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask a customer (b) guess and hope (c) ask politely (d) do nothing
  13. 13.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  14. 14.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) ignoring instructions (c) arriving on time (d) owning your mistakes
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) ignoring instructions (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) hiding a mistake
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) taking others’ credit (c) respecting others’ time (d) keeping your desk tidy
  18. 18.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) taking others’ credit (c) arriving on time (d) arriving late daily
  20. 20.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) leaving without telling (c) phone on silent (d) arriving late daily
  21. 21.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) interrupt loudly (b) wait for your turn (c) leave the room (d) roll your eyes
  22. 22.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) greeting coworkers (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) phone on silent
  23. 23.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  24. 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) long personal calls (c) taking others’ credit (d) arriving late daily
  26. 26.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) ignoring instructions (c) long personal calls (d) respecting others’ time
  27. 27.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) owning your mistakes (c) arriving late daily (d) rude replies on chat
  28. 28.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  29. 29.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) asking when unsure (c) hiding a mistake (d) owning your mistakes
  33. 33.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) rude replies on chat (c) gossiping about others (d) long personal calls
  35. 35.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) long personal calls (c) taking others’ credit (d) greeting coworkers
  37. 37.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) hide it (b) tell your supervisor (c) blame a coworker (d) leave early
  38. 38.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) leave it ringing (b) answer every call (c) turn up the volume (d) set it to silent
  40. 40.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit

Answer key

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

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