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) respecting others’ time (b) phone on silent (c) arriving on time (d) gossiping about others
- 2.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) hiding a mistake (c) taking others’ credit (d) long personal calls
- 3.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) leave it ringing (b) set it to silent (c) turn up the volume (d) answer every call
- 4.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 5.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 6.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 7.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 8.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) arriving on time (c) leaving without telling (d) phone on silent
- 9.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 10.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) leaving without telling (c) arriving on time (d) long personal calls
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) ignoring instructions (c) gossiping about others (d) respecting others’ time
- 12.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 13.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 15.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) arriving on time (c) leaving without telling (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 17.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) arriving on time (c) respecting others’ time (d) ignoring instructions
- 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 19.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) leave early (b) tell your supervisor (c) hide it (d) blame a coworker
- 22.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 25.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) respecting others’ time (c) taking others’ credit (d) gossiping about others
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) owning your mistakes (c) rude replies on chat (d) gossiping about others
- 27.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 28.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) phone on silent (c) arriving late daily (d) taking others’ credit
- 29.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 30.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) greeting coworkers (c) taking others’ credit (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 32.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 35.🏢 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
- 36.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) roll your eyes (b) leave the room (c) interrupt loudly (d) wait for your turn
- 37.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) gossiping about others (c) long personal calls (d) phone on silent
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) greeting coworkers (c) ignoring instructions (d) asking when unsure
Answer key
- gossiping about others
- greeting coworkers
- set it to silent
- a poor work habit
- a poor work habit
- a poor work habit
- True
- leaving without telling
- False
- arriving on time
- respecting others’ time
- a good work habit
- False
- a good work habit
- True
- leaving without telling
- ignoring instructions
- a poor work habit
- True
- True
- tell your supervisor
- False
- False
- a good work habit
- respecting others’ time
- owning your mistakes
- a good work habit
- phone on silent
- a poor work habit
- a good work habit
- taking others’ credit
- False
- True
- a poor work habit
- ask politely
- wait for your turn
- False
- a poor work habit
- phone on silent
- ignoring instructions
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