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