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