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