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