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.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) ignoring instructions (c) gossiping about others (d) long personal calls
- 2.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 3.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) owning your mistakes (c) rude replies on chat (d) gossiping about others
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) arriving on time (c) leaving without telling (d) ignoring instructions
- 6.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) leaving without telling (c) rude replies on chat (d) asking when unsure
- 9.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) owning your mistakes (c) ignoring instructions (d) greeting coworkers
- 11.🏢 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) interrupt loudly (d) leave the room
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) arriving on time (c) rude replies on chat (d) respecting others’ time
- 13.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 14.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) taking others’ credit (c) gossiping about others (d) long personal calls
- 15.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) taking others’ credit (c) ignoring instructions (d) meeting deadlines
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) greeting coworkers (c) phone on silent (d) owning your mistakes
- 17.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 18.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) owning your mistakes (c) phone on silent (d) arriving late daily
- 19.True or false: “arriving on time” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) meeting deadlines (d) arriving on time
- 21.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 22.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 24.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) taking others’ credit (c) phone on silent (d) meeting deadlines
- 25.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) asking when unsure (c) gossiping about others (d) rude replies on chat
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) hiding a mistake (c) greeting coworkers (d) taking others’ credit
- 27.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 28.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) gossiping about others (c) greeting coworkers (d) hiding a mistake
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) taking others’ credit (c) arriving on time (d) greeting coworkers
- 30.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) phone on silent (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) long personal calls
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) gossiping about others (c) meeting deadlines (d) rude replies on chat
- 33.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) hide it (b) blame a coworker (c) tell your supervisor (d) leave early
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) respecting others’ time (c) rude replies on chat (d) leaving without telling
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) ignoring instructions (c) phone on silent (d) arriving late daily
- 36.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) turn up the volume (b) set it to silent (c) answer every call (d) leave it ringing
- 37.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) say nothing (b) skip the whole day (c) just come late (d) inform in advance
- 39.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 40.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
Answer key
- arriving on time
- a good work habit
- a poor work habit
- owning your mistakes
- arriving on time
- True
- True
- asking when unsure
- a poor work habit
- ignoring instructions
- wait for your turn
- rude replies on chat
- a poor work habit
- keeping your desk tidy
- meeting deadlines
- arriving late daily
- a poor work habit
- arriving late daily
- True
- ignoring instructions
- a poor work habit
- False
- a good work habit
- taking others’ credit
- asking when unsure
- greeting coworkers
- a poor work habit
- greeting coworkers
- taking others’ credit
- False
- long personal calls
- meeting deadlines
- tell your supervisor
- respecting others’ time
- phone on silent
- set it to silent
- False
- inform in advance
- a good work habit
- a good work habit
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