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