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