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