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