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