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