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