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: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 4.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) rude replies on chat (c) ignoring instructions (d) owning your mistakes
- 5.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) asking when unsure (c) owning your mistakes (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 7.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) leaving without telling (c) respecting others’ time (d) arriving on time
- 8.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) blame a coworker (b) leave early (c) tell your supervisor (d) hide it
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) long personal calls (c) greeting coworkers (d) arriving late daily
- 12.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) say nothing (b) inform in advance (c) just come late (d) skip the whole day
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) arriving on time (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) asking when unsure
- 15.🏢 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.”
- 16.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) roll your eyes (b) interrupt loudly (c) leave the room (d) wait for your turn
- 20.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) hiding a mistake (c) gossiping about others (d) leaving without telling
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) ignoring instructions (c) asking when unsure (d) phone on silent
- 22.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 25.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) gossiping about others (c) arriving on time (d) meeting deadlines
- 27.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) taking others’ credit (c) phone on silent (d) gossiping about others
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) taking others’ credit (c) long personal calls (d) ignoring instructions
- 30.🏢 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
- 31.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) taking others’ credit (c) phone on silent (d) rude replies on chat
- 32.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 34.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 35.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) greeting coworkers (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) arriving on time
- 36.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) asking when unsure (c) greeting coworkers (d) meeting deadlines
- 37.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) answer every call (b) turn up the volume (c) set it to silent (d) leave it ringing
- 40.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- a poor work habit
- False
- a good work habit
- owning your mistakes
- False
- long personal calls
- leaving without telling
- True
- False
- tell your supervisor
- greeting coworkers
- False
- inform in advance
- rude replies on chat
- “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
- True
- True
- False
- wait for your turn
- meeting deadlines
- ignoring instructions
- True
- a poor work habit
- a good work habit
- a good work habit
- gossiping about others
- a good work habit
- phone on silent
- owning your mistakes
- ask politely
- phone on silent
- a good work habit
- a good work habit
- a poor work habit
- gossiping about others
- arriving late daily
- True
- False
- set it to silent
- True
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