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