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