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