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: respecting others’ time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 2.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) gossiping about others (d) taking others’ credit
- 3.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) greeting coworkers (c) phone on silent (d) respecting others’ time
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) meeting deadlines (c) leaving without telling (d) arriving on time
- 6.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) phone on silent (c) arriving on time (d) long personal calls
- 7.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) wait for your turn (b) roll your eyes (c) interrupt loudly (d) leave the room
- 10.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 12.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 13.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 15.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) leave early (b) blame a coworker (c) tell your supervisor (d) hide it
- 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 17.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 19.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) hiding a mistake (c) long personal calls (d) arriving on time
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) rude replies on chat (c) phone on silent (d) arriving late daily
- 21.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) gossiping about others (c) greeting coworkers (d) taking others’ credit
- 22.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 23.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) arriving late daily (c) owning your mistakes (d) greeting coworkers
- 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 25.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 26.True or false: “arriving on time” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) rude replies on chat (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) meeting deadlines
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) leaving without telling (c) arriving on time (d) taking others’ credit
- 30.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 31.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🏢 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
- 33.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 35.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) phone on silent (c) hiding a mistake (d) gossiping about others
- 36.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (b) “Not my fault.” (c) “I quit.” (d) “Whatever.”
- 37.🏢 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
- 38.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) taking others’ credit (c) long personal calls (d) hiding a mistake
- 39.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a good work habit
- keeping your desk tidy
- True
- long personal calls
- leaving without telling
- long personal calls
- False
- False
- wait for your turn
- False
- a good work habit
- a poor work habit
- False
- a good work habit
- tell your supervisor
- a good work habit
- a poor work habit
- a poor work habit
- arriving on time
- phone on silent
- greeting coworkers
- a good work habit
- arriving late daily
- a poor work habit
- a good work habit
- True
- False
- rude replies on chat
- arriving on time
- a poor work habit
- True
- inform in advance
- False
- a poor work habit
- phone on silent
- “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
- ask politely
- meeting deadlines
- False
- True
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