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