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