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