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