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