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