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.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) arriving late daily (c) asking when unsure (d) respecting others’ time
- 3.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) arriving on time (c) greeting coworkers (d) respecting others’ time
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) arriving on time (c) hiding a mistake (d) long personal calls
- 5.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) leave early (b) blame a coworker (c) hide it (d) tell your supervisor
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) long personal calls (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) greeting coworkers
- 7.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) gossiping about others (c) arriving on time (d) taking others’ credit
- 8.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 9.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 10.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) set it to silent (b) turn up the volume (c) answer every call (d) leave it ringing
- 11.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) arriving late daily (c) greeting coworkers (d) gossiping about others
- 13.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) phone on silent (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) arriving on time
- 15.🏢 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
- 16.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) hiding a mistake (c) gossiping about others (d) owning your mistakes
- 17.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) arriving late daily (c) phone on silent (d) leaving without telling
- 19.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) leaving without telling (c) owning your mistakes (d) greeting coworkers
- 21.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) roll your eyes (b) interrupt loudly (c) leave the room (d) wait for your turn
- 24.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) taking others’ credit (c) arriving on time (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 25.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: “arriving on time” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) hiding a mistake (c) owning your mistakes (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 28.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) gossiping about others (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) owning your mistakes
- 29.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 30.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) long personal calls (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) arriving late daily
- 32.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) phone on silent (c) gossiping about others (d) arriving late daily
- 33.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 39.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “I quit.” (c) “Not my fault.” (d) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
- 40.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
Answer key
- False
- arriving late daily
- ignoring instructions
- arriving on time
- tell your supervisor
- long personal calls
- arriving on time
- a good work habit
- a poor work habit
- set it to silent
- a good work habit
- greeting coworkers
- a good work habit
- ignoring instructions
- ask politely
- owning your mistakes
- True
- phone on silent
- False
- leaving without telling
- True
- True
- wait for your turn
- taking others’ credit
- True
- True
- hiding a mistake
- gossiping about others
- a poor work habit
- False
- keeping your desk tidy
- phone on silent
- False
- True
- True
- False
- True
- a good work habit
- “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
- a poor work habit
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