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