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 of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) arriving late daily (d) respecting others’ time
- 2.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) greeting coworkers (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) phone on silent
- 3.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) roll your eyes (b) wait for your turn (c) leave the room (d) interrupt loudly
- 5.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 7.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) tell your supervisor (b) blame a coworker (c) leave early (d) hide it
- 8.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 10.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) owning your mistakes (c) arriving on time (d) long personal calls
- 11.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 12.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) arriving on time (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) phone on silent
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) leaving without telling (c) gossiping about others (d) owning your mistakes
- 14.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) greeting coworkers (c) long personal calls (d) asking when unsure
- 17.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) hiding a mistake (c) greeting coworkers (d) long personal calls
- 19.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) hiding a mistake (d) respecting others’ time
- 21.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) owning your mistakes (c) gossiping about others (d) phone on silent
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) leaving without telling (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) arriving late daily
- 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 25.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 26.🏢 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
- 27.🏢 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
- 28.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 29.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) arriving late daily (c) ignoring instructions (d) meeting deadlines
- 31.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) long personal calls (c) meeting deadlines (d) rude replies on chat
- 33.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) rude replies on chat (c) phone on silent (d) owning your mistakes
- 35.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 36.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 37.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) long personal calls (c) gossiping about others (d) owning your mistakes
- 38.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) arriving on time (c) respecting others’ time (d) taking others’ credit
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) greeting coworkers (c) asking when unsure (d) arriving late daily
Answer key
- arriving late daily
- rude replies on chat
- False
- wait for your turn
- True
- a poor work habit
- tell your supervisor
- True
- False
- long personal calls
- a poor work habit
- ignoring instructions
- owning your mistakes
- False
- False
- long personal calls
- a good work habit
- greeting coworkers
- False
- hiding a mistake
- a poor work habit
- gossiping about others
- keeping your desk tidy
- a good work habit
- a poor work habit
- inform in advance
- set it to silent
- a good work habit
- True
- meeting deadlines
- True
- meeting deadlines
- False
- rude replies on chat
- a good work habit
- a poor work habit
- owning your mistakes
- False
- taking others’ credit
- arriving late daily
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