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