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