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