Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 179 · 40 questions

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.

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

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