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