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