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