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