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 poor workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) owning your mistakes (c) taking others’ credit (d) respecting others’ time
- 2.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) long personal calls (c) rude replies on chat (d) gossiping about others
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) asking when unsure (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) owning your mistakes
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) asking when unsure (c) hiding a mistake (d) owning your mistakes
- 6.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🏢 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
- 8.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) turn up the volume (b) leave it ringing (c) answer every call (d) set it to silent
- 9.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 10.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) ignoring instructions (c) gossiping about others (d) asking when unsure
- 11.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) ignoring instructions (c) greeting coworkers (d) leaving without telling
- 14.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) leaving without telling (c) rude replies on chat (d) respecting others’ time
- 15.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) ignoring instructions (c) greeting coworkers (d) arriving on time
- 16.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) meeting deadlines (c) long personal calls (d) arriving on time
- 18.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) taking others’ credit (c) greeting coworkers (d) long personal calls
- 19.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 20.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) tell your supervisor (b) hide it (c) leave early (d) blame a coworker
- 21.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) phone on silent (c) leaving without telling (d) asking when unsure
- 22.🏢 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) say nothing (d) inform in advance
- 23.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 26.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) greeting coworkers (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) long personal calls
- 27.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) rude replies on chat (d) leaving without telling
- 30.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 32.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) meeting deadlines (c) arriving late daily (d) owning your mistakes
- 34.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) roll your eyes (b) wait for your turn (c) interrupt loudly (d) leave the room
- 35.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 36.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) arriving late daily (c) arriving on time (d) taking others’ credit
- 37.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 38.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) gossiping about others (d) asking when unsure
- 40.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
Answer key
- taking others’ credit
- a good work habit
- meeting deadlines
- leaving without telling
- hiding a mistake
- False
- ask politely
- set it to silent
- True
- asking when unsure
- True
- False
- greeting coworkers
- respecting others’ time
- ignoring instructions
- True
- long personal calls
- greeting coworkers
- a good work habit
- tell your supervisor
- leaving without telling
- inform in advance
- False
- False
- a good work habit
- long personal calls
- False
- a good work habit
- keeping your desk tidy
- False
- a poor work habit
- a poor work habit
- arriving late daily
- wait for your turn
- a poor work habit
- arriving on time
- a good work habit
- a poor work habit
- gossiping about others
- a good work habit
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