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.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 2.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) long personal calls (c) leaving without telling (d) owning your mistakes
- 3.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 4.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 5.🏢 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
- 6.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) greeting coworkers (c) arriving on time (d) taking others’ credit
- 8.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) long personal calls (c) arriving on time (d) arriving late daily
- 9.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) turn up the volume (b) answer every call (c) set it to silent (d) leave it ringing
- 10.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) roll your eyes (b) wait for your turn (c) interrupt loudly (d) leave the room
- 11.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) greeting coworkers (c) owning your mistakes (d) phone on silent
- 12.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 13.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) arriving late daily (c) hiding a mistake (d) greeting coworkers
- 14.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) ignoring instructions (c) taking others’ credit (d) arriving late daily
- 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 17.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Not my fault.” (b) “I quit.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) arriving late daily (c) taking others’ credit (d) asking when unsure
- 19.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) owning your mistakes (c) greeting coworkers (d) asking when unsure
- 23.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) meeting deadlines (c) arriving late daily (d) long personal calls
- 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 25.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) ignoring instructions (c) asking when unsure (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 27.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) hiding a mistake (c) long personal calls (d) taking others’ credit
- 29.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) arriving late daily (c) arriving on time (d) ignoring instructions
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) long personal calls (c) leaving without telling (d) owning your mistakes
- 32.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 33.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) asking when unsure (c) respecting others’ time (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 34.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 38.True or false: “long personal calls” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) greeting coworkers (c) leaving without telling (d) arriving on time
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) ignoring instructions (c) hiding a mistake (d) respecting others’ time
Answer key
- a good work habit
- owning your mistakes
- a poor work habit
- a poor work habit
- ask politely
- a good work habit
- taking others’ credit
- arriving on time
- set it to silent
- wait for your turn
- gossiping about others
- a poor work habit
- greeting coworkers
- a good work habit
- greeting coworkers
- a good work habit
- “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
- asking when unsure
- False
- True
- a poor work habit
- arriving late daily
- meeting deadlines
- a poor work habit
- False
- ignoring instructions
- True
- keeping your desk tidy
- True
- arriving on time
- owning your mistakes
- a good work habit
- taking others’ credit
- False
- False
- True
- a good work habit
- True
- leaving without telling
- respecting others’ time
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