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