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