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