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