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.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “I quit.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “Not my fault.” (d) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
- 2.🏢 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
- 3.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) taking others’ credit (c) leaving without telling (d) hiding a mistake
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) rude replies on chat (c) ignoring instructions (d) gossiping about others
- 5.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) asking when unsure (c) taking others’ credit (d) greeting coworkers
- 8.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) arriving late daily (c) gossiping about others (d) respecting others’ time
- 9.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 10.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) long personal calls (c) gossiping about others (d) arriving late daily
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) owning your mistakes (c) arriving on time (d) hiding a mistake
- 14.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) leave it ringing (b) answer every call (c) turn up the volume (d) set it to silent
- 15.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) leaving without telling (c) arriving on time (d) hiding a mistake
- 16.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) arriving late daily (c) hiding a mistake (d) meeting deadlines
- 17.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 18.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) long personal calls (c) taking others’ credit (d) greeting coworkers
- 19.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) owning your mistakes (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) rude replies on chat
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) phone on silent (c) asking when unsure (d) leaving without telling
- 22.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) ignoring instructions (c) meeting deadlines (d) arriving on time
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) meeting deadlines (c) taking others’ credit (d) ignoring instructions
- 24.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) greeting coworkers (c) rude replies on chat (d) hiding a mistake
- 26.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 27.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) rude replies on chat (c) arriving on time (d) owning your mistakes
- 28.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) tell your supervisor (b) blame a coworker (c) leave early (d) hide it
- 29.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) long personal calls (c) owning your mistakes (d) asking when unsure
- 30.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 31.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) arriving on time (d) arriving late daily
- 32.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) phone on silent (c) gossiping about others (d) hiding a mistake
- 34.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) meeting deadlines (c) asking when unsure (d) gossiping about others
- 35.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) owning your mistakes (c) gossiping about others (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 37.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 38.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 40.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
Answer key
- “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
- ask politely
- phone on silent
- keeping your desk tidy
- True
- False
- taking others’ credit
- respecting others’ time
- a good work habit
- True
- False
- asking when unsure
- hiding a mistake
- set it to silent
- arriving on time
- meeting deadlines
- a poor work habit
- greeting coworkers
- False
- rude replies on chat
- leaving without telling
- ignoring instructions
- meeting deadlines
- True
- greeting coworkers
- a poor work habit
- rude replies on chat
- tell your supervisor
- long personal calls
- False
- arriving late daily
- a good work habit
- phone on silent
- gossiping about others
- a good work habit
- gossiping about others
- a poor work habit
- True
- a poor work habit
- a good work habit
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