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