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 is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) phone on silent (c) long personal calls (d) ignoring instructions
- 2.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) phone on silent (c) owning your mistakes (d) ignoring instructions
- 3.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) ignoring instructions (c) rude replies on chat (d) owning your mistakes
- 4.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) turn up the volume (b) answer every call (c) set it to silent (d) leave it ringing
- 5.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) greeting coworkers (c) taking others’ credit (d) arriving on time
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) gossiping about others (c) leaving without telling (d) taking others’ credit
- 7.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) hiding a mistake (c) long personal calls (d) meeting deadlines
- 9.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) wait for your turn (b) leave the room (c) roll your eyes (d) interrupt loudly
- 10.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 11.🏢 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
- 12.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 13.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) just come late (b) say nothing (c) inform in advance (d) skip the whole day
- 14.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) tell your supervisor (b) leave early (c) hide it (d) blame a coworker
- 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 17.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 19.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 20.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) gossiping about others (d) hiding a mistake
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) arriving on time (c) leaving without telling (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 22.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) hiding a mistake (c) respecting others’ time (d) greeting coworkers
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) arriving on time (c) meeting deadlines (d) long personal calls
- 24.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) leaving without telling (c) respecting others’ time (d) arriving late daily
- 26.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) phone on silent (d) respecting others’ time
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) ignoring instructions (c) arriving late daily (d) arriving on time
- 28.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 31.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) arriving late daily (c) leaving without telling (d) asking when unsure
- 32.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) greeting coworkers (c) asking when unsure (d) arriving on time
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) greeting coworkers (c) gossiping about others (d) owning your mistakes
- 35.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 36.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) rude replies on chat (c) phone on silent (d) greeting coworkers
- 38.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) taking others’ credit (c) owning your mistakes (d) asking when unsure
- 40.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- phone on silent
- ignoring instructions
- owning your mistakes
- set it to silent
- taking others’ credit
- greeting coworkers
- False
- meeting deadlines
- wait for your turn
- a poor work habit
- ask politely
- a good work habit
- inform in advance
- True
- tell your supervisor
- a poor work habit
- True
- a good work habit
- a poor work habit
- keeping your desk tidy
- leaving without telling
- hiding a mistake
- long personal calls
- True
- respecting others’ time
- gossiping about others
- arriving on time
- False
- True
- a poor work habit
- asking when unsure
- a poor work habit
- ignoring instructions
- gossiping about others
- a good work habit
- True
- rude replies on chat
- a good work habit
- taking others’ credit
- True
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