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