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