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