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) ignoring instructions (c) asking when unsure (d) hiding a mistake
- 2.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 3.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) meeting deadlines (c) rude replies on chat (d) phone on silent
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) taking others’ credit (c) arriving on time (d) meeting deadlines
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) leaving without telling (c) meeting deadlines (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 6.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) hide it (b) tell your supervisor (c) leave early (d) blame a coworker
- 7.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 8.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 11.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) hiding a mistake (c) arriving on time (d) owning your mistakes
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) taking others’ credit (c) arriving late daily (d) respecting others’ time
- 14.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) greeting coworkers (c) respecting others’ time (d) ignoring instructions
- 15.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 17.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) greeting coworkers (c) respecting others’ time (d) phone on silent
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) asking when unsure (d) greeting coworkers
- 20.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 21.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 22.True or false: “long personal calls” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) ignoring instructions (c) greeting coworkers (d) rude replies on chat
- 24.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) answer every call (b) leave it ringing (c) set it to silent (d) turn up the volume
- 25.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) asking when unsure (c) taking others’ credit (d) meeting deadlines
- 26.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) arriving on time (c) ignoring instructions (d) rude replies on chat
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) greeting coworkers (c) respecting others’ time (d) rude replies on chat
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) leaving without telling (d) ignoring instructions
- 31.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 32.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “Not my fault.” (d) “I quit.”
- 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 34.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 35.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) greeting coworkers (c) arriving on time (d) arriving late daily
- 37.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 38.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) hiding a mistake (c) phone on silent (d) ignoring instructions
- 39.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 40.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
Answer key
- asking when unsure
- a good work habit
- rude replies on chat
- taking others’ credit
- leaving without telling
- tell your supervisor
- a poor work habit
- False
- False
- a poor work habit
- a poor work habit
- hiding a mistake
- respecting others’ time
- ignoring instructions
- a poor work habit
- a poor work habit
- True
- gossiping about others
- ignoring instructions
- a good work habit
- a good work habit
- True
- greeting coworkers
- set it to silent
- taking others’ credit
- False
- False
- arriving on time
- rude replies on chat
- keeping your desk tidy
- a good work habit
- “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
- a good work habit
- a poor work habit
- False
- arriving late daily
- True
- phone on silent
- a good work habit
- a good work habit
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