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