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