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