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