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