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