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.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) arriving on time (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) greeting coworkers
- 3.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) asking when unsure (c) owning your mistakes (d) greeting coworkers
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) phone on silent (c) rude replies on chat (d) gossiping about others
- 5.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 6.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 8.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 10.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) leaving without telling (c) arriving late daily (d) arriving on time
- 11.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) leaving without telling (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) hiding a mistake
- 12.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) arriving late daily (c) taking others’ credit (d) meeting deadlines
- 14.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) ignoring instructions (c) long personal calls (d) hiding a mistake
- 15.True or false: “arriving on time” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) tell your supervisor (b) leave early (c) blame a coworker (d) hide it
- 17.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) answer every call (b) leave it ringing (c) set it to silent (d) turn up the volume
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) arriving late daily (c) rude replies on chat (d) arriving on time
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) phone on silent (c) rude replies on chat (d) meeting deadlines
- 20.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 21.🏢 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
- 22.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 23.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) leaving without telling (c) long personal calls (d) asking when unsure
- 24.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “I quit.” (c) “Not my fault.” (d) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) long personal calls (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) ignoring instructions
- 26.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 27.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) ignoring instructions (c) leaving without telling (d) respecting others’ time
- 29.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 30.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 31.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 34.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 36.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) phone on silent (c) asking when unsure (d) leaving without telling
- 37.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 38.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) arriving on time (c) owning your mistakes (d) long personal calls
- 39.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) arriving on time (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) greeting coworkers
- 40.🏢 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
Answer key
- False
- arriving late daily
- ignoring instructions
- phone on silent
- a poor work habit
- True
- a good work habit
- True
- a good work habit
- arriving on time
- keeping your desk tidy
- False
- meeting deadlines
- owning your mistakes
- True
- tell your supervisor
- set it to silent
- arriving on time
- rude replies on chat
- a good work habit
- inform in advance
- a poor work habit
- asking when unsure
- “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
- keeping your desk tidy
- a good work habit
- False
- respecting others’ time
- a good work habit
- a poor work habit
- True
- False
- a poor work habit
- True
- a good work habit
- leaving without telling
- a poor work habit
- long personal calls
- taking others’ credit
- ask politely
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