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