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