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