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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) hiding a mistake (d) long personal calls
- 2.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 3.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) owning your mistakes (c) meeting deadlines (d) ignoring instructions
- 4.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) owning your mistakes (c) taking others’ credit (d) ignoring instructions
- 5.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) meeting deadlines (c) phone on silent (d) asking when unsure
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) gossiping about others (c) phone on silent (d) taking others’ credit
- 9.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 10.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) leaving without telling (c) rude replies on chat (d) gossiping about others
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) respecting others’ time (c) rude replies on chat (d) arriving on time
- 13.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 15.🏢 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
- 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 17.🏢 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
- 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) hiding a mistake (c) leaving without telling (d) ignoring instructions
- 20.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 21.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 23.True or false: “long personal calls” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 24.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) gossiping about others (c) respecting others’ time (d) rude replies on chat
- 25.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) greeting coworkers (c) respecting others’ time (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 26.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) answer every call (b) turn up the volume (c) leave it ringing (d) set it to silent
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) long personal calls (c) greeting coworkers (d) taking others’ credit
- 28.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) leaving without telling (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) arriving late daily
- 29.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) respecting others’ time (c) arriving on time (d) ignoring instructions
- 32.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) roll your eyes (b) leave the room (c) interrupt loudly (d) wait for your turn
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) asking when unsure (c) hiding a mistake (d) meeting deadlines
- 34.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 35.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) gossiping about others (c) owning your mistakes (d) long personal calls
- 37.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) arriving late daily (c) arriving on time (d) phone on silent
- 39.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) asking when unsure (c) respecting others’ time (d) long personal calls
- 40.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) ignoring instructions (c) taking others’ credit (d) hiding a mistake
Answer key
- keeping your desk tidy
- True
- ignoring instructions
- owning your mistakes
- False
- True
- leaving without telling
- phone on silent
- a good work habit
- True
- greeting coworkers
- rude replies on chat
- False
- a poor work habit
- inform in advance
- a poor work habit
- ask politely
- a good work habit
- arriving on time
- a poor work habit
- True
- a good work habit
- True
- respecting others’ time
- gossiping about others
- set it to silent
- greeting coworkers
- keeping your desk tidy
- False
- True
- ignoring instructions
- wait for your turn
- hiding a mistake
- a poor work habit
- a good work habit
- owning your mistakes
- True
- arriving late daily
- long personal calls
- phone on silent
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