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