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