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