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