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