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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) long personal calls (c) phone on silent (d) ignoring instructions
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) respecting others’ time (d) leaving without telling
- 3.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 4.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) hiding a mistake (c) taking others’ credit (d) rude replies on chat
- 5.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) greeting coworkers (c) phone on silent (d) long personal calls
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) owning your mistakes (c) respecting others’ time (d) arriving late daily
- 7.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 8.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) arriving late daily (c) phone on silent (d) hiding a mistake
- 9.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 11.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) owning your mistakes (c) gossiping about others (d) hiding a mistake
- 13.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) phone on silent (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) greeting coworkers
- 16.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) long personal calls (c) taking others’ credit (d) gossiping about others
- 17.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask politely (b) guess and hope (c) ask a customer (d) do nothing
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) owning your mistakes (c) leaving without telling (d) taking others’ credit
- 19.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) roll your eyes (b) wait for your turn (c) leave the room (d) interrupt loudly
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) rude replies on chat (c) arriving late daily (d) taking others’ credit
- 21.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 22.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) meeting deadlines (c) long personal calls (d) leaving without telling
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) arriving late daily (c) ignoring instructions (d) meeting deadlines
- 24.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) phone on silent (c) arriving on time (d) ignoring instructions
- 25.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 26.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) taking others’ credit (d) long personal calls
- 27.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 28.🏢 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) say nothing (d) inform in advance
- 29.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 30.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) leave early (b) tell your supervisor (c) hide it (d) blame a coworker
- 32.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) meeting deadlines (c) taking others’ credit (d) owning your mistakes
- 35.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 36.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 37.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 38.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) greeting coworkers (c) respecting others’ time (d) taking others’ credit
- 39.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- phone on silent
- leaving without telling
- True
- arriving on time
- long personal calls
- arriving late daily
- a good work habit
- phone on silent
- True
- a poor work habit
- True
- owning your mistakes
- False
- False
- ignoring instructions
- respecting others’ time
- ask politely
- owning your mistakes
- wait for your turn
- keeping your desk tidy
- a good work habit
- meeting deadlines
- meeting deadlines
- ignoring instructions
- a good work habit
- keeping your desk tidy
- a poor work habit
- inform in advance
- a good work habit
- False
- tell your supervisor
- a good work habit
- a good work habit
- taking others’ credit
- a good work habit
- a poor work habit
- False
- taking others’ credit
- True
- False
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