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