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