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