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: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 2.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 3.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 4.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) long personal calls (c) ignoring instructions (d) arriving late daily
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) leaving without telling (c) gossiping about others (d) rude replies on chat
- 7.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) tell your supervisor (b) blame a coworker (c) leave early (d) hide it
- 8.True or false: “arriving on time” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) meeting deadlines (c) gossiping about others (d) leaving without telling
- 13.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “I quit.” (c) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (d) “Not my fault.”
- 15.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) greeting coworkers (c) owning your mistakes (d) ignoring instructions
- 16.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) long personal calls (c) hiding a mistake (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 17.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) meeting deadlines (c) taking others’ credit (d) long personal calls
- 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 19.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) long personal calls (c) arriving on time (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) gossiping about others (c) owning your mistakes (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 21.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 22.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 24.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) leaving without telling (c) arriving on time (d) greeting coworkers
- 25.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 26.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) long personal calls (d) phone on silent
- 28.True or false: “long personal calls” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: “arriving on time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🏢 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
- 31.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 32.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) long personal calls (c) rude replies on chat (d) hiding a mistake
- 33.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) respecting others’ time (c) arriving late daily (d) taking others’ credit
- 34.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) phone on silent (c) greeting coworkers (d) owning your mistakes
- 35.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) asking when unsure (c) arriving on time (d) owning your mistakes
- 38.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 39.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) hiding a mistake (c) leaving without telling (d) long personal calls
Answer key
- a good work habit
- a poor work habit
- a good work habit
- a good work habit
- greeting coworkers
- respecting others’ time
- tell your supervisor
- True
- False
- False
- True
- meeting deadlines
- True
- “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
- ignoring instructions
- keeping your desk tidy
- meeting deadlines
- a poor work habit
- long personal calls
- gossiping about others
- a poor work habit
- True
- a good work habit
- leaving without telling
- a poor work habit
- False
- long personal calls
- True
- False
- inform in advance
- False
- arriving on time
- respecting others’ time
- rude replies on chat
- False
- True
- rude replies on chat
- a poor work habit
- True
- keeping your desk tidy
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