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