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: arriving late daily? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 2.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 3.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) long personal calls (c) rude replies on chat (d) respecting others’ time
- 4.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) long personal calls (c) taking others’ credit (d) greeting coworkers
- 5.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 6.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) gossiping about others (c) ignoring instructions (d) rude replies on chat
- 8.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) owning your mistakes (c) taking others’ credit (d) greeting coworkers
- 9.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 10.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 11.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 12.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) greeting coworkers (c) meeting deadlines (d) rude replies on chat
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) taking others’ credit (c) leaving without telling (d) respecting others’ time
- 14.🏢 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) interrupt loudly (d) leave the room
- 15.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) rude replies on chat (c) owning your mistakes (d) phone on silent
- 17.🏢 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
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) arriving on time (c) phone on silent (d) owning your mistakes
- 19.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) asking when unsure (c) leaving without telling (d) phone on silent
- 20.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) hide it (b) blame a coworker (c) tell your supervisor (d) leave early
- 21.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 22.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) arriving late daily (c) taking others’ credit (d) meeting deadlines
- 24.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 25.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) taking others’ credit (c) leaving without telling (d) rude replies on chat
- 26.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) turn up the volume (b) leave it ringing (c) set it to silent (d) answer every call
- 27.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) ignoring instructions (c) meeting deadlines (d) rude replies on chat
- 29.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) greeting coworkers (c) arriving on time (d) long personal calls
- 30.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 31.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) gossiping about others (c) ignoring instructions (d) asking when unsure
- 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 34.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 36.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) meeting deadlines (c) hiding a mistake (d) owning your mistakes
- 38.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) long personal calls (c) owning your mistakes (d) meeting deadlines
- 40.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- a poor work habit
- False
- respecting others’ time
- greeting coworkers
- a poor work habit
- a good work habit
- phone on silent
- taking others’ credit
- a good work habit
- a poor work habit
- a poor work habit
- rude replies on chat
- respecting others’ time
- wait for your turn
- a good work habit
- rude replies on chat
- inform in advance
- arriving late daily
- leaving without telling
- tell your supervisor
- a poor work habit
- True
- meeting deadlines
- True
- owning your mistakes
- set it to silent
- True
- meeting deadlines
- long personal calls
- a good work habit
- a good work habit
- asking when unsure
- a good work habit
- True
- a poor work habit
- False
- hiding a mistake
- True
- long personal calls
- False
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