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