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