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