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