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) gossiping about others (b) hiding a mistake (c) owning your mistakes (d) ignoring instructions
- 2.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 3.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (b) “I quit.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Not my fault.”
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) arriving on time (c) long personal calls (d) phone on silent
- 6.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) gossiping about others (c) ignoring instructions (d) rude replies on chat
- 7.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 9.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) arriving on time (c) phone on silent (d) rude replies on chat
- 11.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) meeting deadlines (c) asking when unsure (d) arriving on time
- 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.True or false: “arriving on time” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: “long personal calls” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) respecting others’ time (c) ignoring instructions (d) leaving without telling
- 17.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 18.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 20.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) taking others’ credit (c) respecting others’ time (d) greeting coworkers
- 21.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) leave it ringing (b) turn up the volume (c) answer every call (d) set it to silent
- 22.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) gossiping about others (c) phone on silent (d) leaving without telling
- 23.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 24.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) roll your eyes (b) interrupt loudly (c) wait for your turn (d) leave the room
- 26.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) asking when unsure (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) hiding a mistake
- 28.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) gossiping about others (c) ignoring instructions (d) meeting deadlines
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) arriving on time (c) asking when unsure (d) gossiping about others
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) long personal calls (c) ignoring instructions (d) gossiping about others
- 31.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) long personal calls (c) hiding a mistake (d) taking others’ credit
- 32.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) taking others’ credit (d) hiding a mistake
- 33.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) long personal calls (c) taking others’ credit (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 37.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 38.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 39.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) owning your mistakes (c) gossiping about others (d) phone on silent
- 40.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) taking others’ credit (c) arriving on time (d) rude replies on chat
Answer key
- owning your mistakes
- a good work habit
- False
- “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
- long personal calls
- asking when unsure
- True
- a good work habit
- a good work habit
- rude replies on chat
- rude replies on chat
- ask politely
- True
- True
- True
- respecting others’ time
- a poor work habit
- False
- a good work habit
- taking others’ credit
- set it to silent
- phone on silent
- a good work habit
- False
- wait for your turn
- a poor work habit
- hiding a mistake
- meeting deadlines
- gossiping about others
- arriving on time
- greeting coworkers
- keeping your desk tidy
- False
- True
- a poor work habit
- keeping your desk tidy
- a poor work habit
- a good work habit
- gossiping about others
- arriving on time
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