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 is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) phone on silent (c) gossiping about others (d) long personal calls
- 2.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 3.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) tell your supervisor (b) hide it (c) blame a coworker (d) leave early
- 4.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) owning your mistakes (c) taking others’ credit (d) ignoring instructions
- 5.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 6.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) say nothing (b) inform in advance (c) skip the whole day (d) just come late
- 7.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) arriving on time (c) gossiping about others (d) meeting deadlines
- 9.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) arriving on time (c) phone on silent (d) ignoring instructions
- 10.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) hiding a mistake (c) arriving late daily (d) long personal calls
- 12.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) roll your eyes (b) leave the room (c) interrupt loudly (d) wait for your turn
- 13.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) arriving on time (c) asking when unsure (d) rude replies on chat
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) phone on silent (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) respecting others’ time
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) owning your mistakes (c) rude replies on chat (d) leaving without telling
- 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 17.True or false: “arriving on time” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) gossiping about others (c) taking others’ credit (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 19.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) set it to silent (b) turn up the volume (c) leave it ringing (d) answer every call
- 20.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 22.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) owning your mistakes (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) arriving late daily
- 23.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 24.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) gossiping about others (c) long personal calls (d) arriving on time
- 25.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 26.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) gossiping about others (c) leaving without telling (d) arriving on time
- 28.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 29.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 30.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) taking others’ credit (c) phone on silent (d) arriving on time
- 31.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 32.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) gossiping about others (c) owning your mistakes (d) asking when unsure
- 34.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) meeting deadlines (c) long personal calls (d) owning your mistakes
- 35.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) rude replies on chat (c) arriving late daily (d) hiding a mistake
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) meeting deadlines (c) long personal calls (d) respecting others’ time
- 37.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
Answer key
- phone on silent
- a good work habit
- tell your supervisor
- owning your mistakes
- a good work habit
- inform in advance
- False
- gossiping about others
- ignoring instructions
- a good work habit
- respecting others’ time
- wait for your turn
- rude replies on chat
- taking others’ credit
- owning your mistakes
- a poor work habit
- True
- keeping your desk tidy
- set it to silent
- False
- False
- arriving late daily
- a good work habit
- arriving on time
- a poor work habit
- a poor work habit
- arriving on time
- a poor work habit
- a poor work habit
- taking others’ credit
- a good work habit
- True
- gossiping about others
- long personal calls
- meeting deadlines
- long personal calls
- True
- False
- False
- a good work habit
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