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