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