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