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