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: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 2.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) meeting deadlines (c) respecting others’ time (d) owning your mistakes
- 4.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) greeting coworkers (c) long personal calls (d) hiding a mistake
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) gossiping about others (c) arriving late daily (d) arriving on time
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) owning your mistakes (c) asking when unsure (d) meeting deadlines
- 7.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 8.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) greeting coworkers (c) phone on silent (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 9.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) interrupt loudly (b) wait for your turn (c) leave the room (d) roll your eyes
- 10.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) taking others’ credit (c) meeting deadlines (d) gossiping about others
- 12.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🏢 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
- 14.🏢 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
- 15.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) leaving without telling (c) phone on silent (d) gossiping about others
- 16.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 19.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) meeting deadlines (c) greeting coworkers (d) arriving late daily
- 20.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) respecting others’ time (d) gossiping about others
- 22.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) gossiping about others (c) arriving late daily (d) long personal calls
- 23.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) owning your mistakes (c) arriving on time (d) long personal calls
- 24.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) greeting coworkers (c) owning your mistakes (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 25.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 26.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 28.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) rude replies on chat (c) arriving late daily (d) long personal calls
- 29.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 30.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) arriving on time (c) greeting coworkers (d) taking others’ credit
- 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 34.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) ignoring instructions (c) phone on silent (d) hiding a mistake
- 37.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) ignoring instructions (c) long personal calls (d) owning your mistakes
- 39.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) arriving on time (c) owning your mistakes (d) greeting coworkers
Answer key
- a good work habit
- True
- long personal calls
- greeting coworkers
- arriving on time
- arriving late daily
- a poor work habit
- taking others’ credit
- wait for your turn
- False
- meeting deadlines
- True
- ask politely
- set it to silent
- phone on silent
- False
- a poor work habit
- a poor work habit
- arriving late daily
- True
- gossiping about others
- arriving on time
- long personal calls
- leaving without telling
- a good work habit
- False
- a poor work habit
- asking when unsure
- a good work habit
- False
- False
- taking others’ credit
- a poor work habit
- False
- False
- phone on silent
- False
- owning your mistakes
- False
- hiding a mistake
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