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 of these is a good workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) taking others’ credit (c) long personal calls (d) ignoring instructions
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) arriving late daily (c) owning your mistakes (d) hiding a mistake
- 3.True or false: “long personal calls” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 4.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) hiding a mistake (c) rude replies on chat (d) leaving without telling
- 5.🏢 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
- 6.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) arriving late daily (c) arriving on time (d) asking when unsure
- 8.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) blame a coworker (b) hide it (c) tell your supervisor (d) leave early
- 9.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) owning your mistakes (c) long personal calls (d) hiding a mistake
- 10.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) arriving on time (c) phone on silent (d) taking others’ credit
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) gossiping about others (c) long personal calls (d) rude replies on chat
- 12.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) phone on silent (c) rude replies on chat (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 15.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 16.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) gossiping about others (c) leaving without telling (d) arriving on time
- 17.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 18.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) turn up the volume (b) answer every call (c) leave it ringing (d) set it to silent
- 19.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 21.🏢 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
- 22.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) arriving on time (c) arriving late daily (d) meeting deadlines
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) hiding a mistake (c) gossiping about others (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 24.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: “arriving on time” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) respecting others’ time (c) greeting coworkers (d) ignoring instructions
- 28.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 29.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) leaving without telling (c) arriving late daily (d) asking when unsure
- 30.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone on silent (b) owning your mistakes (c) meeting deadlines (d) long personal calls
- 32.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Not my fault.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “I quit.” (d) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
- 33.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 35.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) taking others’ credit (c) respecting others’ time (d) ignoring instructions
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) leaving without telling (c) ignoring instructions (d) phone on silent
- 38.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) hiding a mistake (c) respecting others’ time (d) gossiping about others
- 40.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
Answer key
- keeping your desk tidy
- owning your mistakes
- True
- phone on silent
- inform in advance
- True
- arriving late daily
- tell your supervisor
- owning your mistakes
- taking others’ credit
- asking when unsure
- True
- True
- rude replies on chat
- False
- arriving on time
- a good work habit
- set it to silent
- False
- a poor work habit
- ask politely
- arriving late daily
- keeping your desk tidy
- True
- True
- True
- ignoring instructions
- a poor work habit
- asking when unsure
- a good work habit
- long personal calls
- “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
- True
- a poor work habit
- True
- respecting others’ time
- phone on silent
- False
- respecting others’ time
- a poor work habit
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