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