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