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