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