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