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