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