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