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