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