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: leaving without telling? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 2.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 3.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) long personal calls (c) greeting coworkers (d) owning your mistakes
- 4.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) respecting others’ time (c) arriving on time (d) meeting deadlines
- 5.True or false: “arriving on time” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 6.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 7.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) leaving without telling (c) respecting others’ time (d) greeting coworkers
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) phone on silent (d) arriving on time
- 9.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) arriving on time (c) phone on silent (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 10.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) hiding a mistake (c) arriving late daily (d) rude replies on chat
- 11.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 12.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) inform in advance (b) just come late (c) skip the whole day (d) say nothing
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) asking when unsure (c) long personal calls (d) greeting coworkers
- 14.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 15.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 16.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) leave it ringing (b) answer every call (c) turn up the volume (d) set it to silent
- 17.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) gossiping about others (c) arriving late daily (d) meeting deadlines
- 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 19.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) greeting coworkers (c) arriving late daily (d) leaving without telling
- 20.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) ignoring instructions (c) greeting coworkers (d) phone on silent
- 22.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) gossiping about others (c) taking others’ credit (d) hiding a mistake
- 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) asking when unsure (c) gossiping about others (d) rude replies on chat
- 26.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 27.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) tell your supervisor (b) leave early (c) hide it (d) blame a coworker
- 28.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) roll your eyes (b) leave the room (c) interrupt loudly (d) wait for your turn
- 29.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 30.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) gossiping about others (c) leaving without telling (d) respecting others’ time
- 32.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) phone on silent (c) rude replies on chat (d) taking others’ credit
- 36.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) taking others’ credit (c) gossiping about others (d) arriving late daily
- 38.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 40.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a poor work habit
- True
- long personal calls
- gossiping about others
- True
- False
- leaving without telling
- leaving without telling
- hiding a mistake
- asking when unsure
- a poor work habit
- inform in advance
- long personal calls
- a poor work habit
- a good work habit
- set it to silent
- meeting deadlines
- a poor work habit
- greeting coworkers
- True
- ignoring instructions
- True
- greeting coworkers
- a good work habit
- asking when unsure
- a good work habit
- tell your supervisor
- wait for your turn
- a poor work habit
- True
- respecting others’ time
- False
- False
- a poor work habit
- phone on silent
- False
- keeping your desk tidy
- True
- a good work habit
- True
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