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