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