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