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