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