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