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