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