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