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: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🏢 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
- 3.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) owning your mistakes (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) greeting coworkers
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) long personal calls (c) ignoring instructions (d) rude replies on chat
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) arriving late daily (c) greeting coworkers (d) gossiping about others
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) leaving without telling (c) rude replies on chat (d) arriving on time
- 8.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) arriving late daily (c) phone on silent (d) long personal calls
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) meeting deadlines (c) owning your mistakes (d) ignoring instructions
- 10.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 12.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 13.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) long personal calls (c) phone on silent (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 16.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) leaving without telling (c) owning your mistakes (d) arriving late daily
- 17.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 19.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) arriving on time (c) phone on silent (d) owning your mistakes
- 20.🏢 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
- 21.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 22.True or false: “arriving on time” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🏢 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
- 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 25.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) meeting deadlines (c) greeting coworkers (d) leaving without telling
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) ignoring instructions (c) long personal calls (d) respecting others’ time
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) phone on silent (c) taking others’ credit (d) owning your mistakes
- 29.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 30.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) taking others’ credit (c) ignoring instructions (d) rude replies on chat
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) meeting deadlines (c) leaving without telling (d) asking when unsure
- 32.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 35.True or false: “long personal calls” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) ignoring instructions (c) gossiping about others (d) long personal calls
- 38.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) rude replies on chat (c) arriving on time (d) asking when unsure
- 40.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) hide it (b) blame a coworker (c) leave early (d) tell your supervisor
Answer key
- True
- ask politely
- False
- gossiping about others
- asking when unsure
- greeting coworkers
- arriving on time
- phone on silent
- ignoring instructions
- False
- a poor work habit
- a good work habit
- False
- a good work habit
- long personal calls
- owning your mistakes
- a poor work habit
- a good work habit
- gossiping about others
- wait for your turn
- a good work habit
- True
- inform in advance
- a poor work habit
- True
- leaving without telling
- respecting others’ time
- taking others’ credit
- a poor work habit
- arriving on time
- leaving without telling
- False
- False
- a poor work habit
- True
- True
- respecting others’ time
- True
- rude replies on chat
- tell your supervisor
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