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