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