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