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