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