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