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