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