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