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