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