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