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