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