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