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