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