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