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