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