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