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