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