Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 265 · 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.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) taking others’ credit (c) gossiping about others (d) owning your mistakes
2. 2.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
3. 3.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) asking when unsure (c) ignoring instructions (d) keeping your desk tidy
5. 5.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) set it to silent (b) answer every call (c) turn up the volume (d) leave it ringing
6. 6.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
7. 7.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
9. 9.True or false: “arriving on time” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
11. 11.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
12. 12.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
14. 14.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) guess and hope (b) ask a customer (c) ask politely (d) do nothing
16. 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
17. 17.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) hiding a mistake (c) leaving without telling (d) keeping your desk tidy
19. 19.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) arriving on time (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) owning your mistakes
21. 21.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) phone on silent (c) ignoring instructions (d) leaving without telling
22. 22.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) hide it (b) blame a coworker (c) tell your supervisor (d) leave early
23. 23.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) ignoring instructions (c) meeting deadlines (d) taking others’ credit
24. 24.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) long personal calls (c) respecting others’ time (d) phone on silent
27. 27.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) ignoring instructions (c) asking when unsure (d) long personal calls
28. 28.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) wait for your turn (b) leave the room (c) roll your eyes (d) interrupt loudly
29. 29.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) just come late (b) say nothing (c) inform in advance (d) skip the whole day
30. 30.🏢 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.”
31. 31.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) leaving without telling (c) long personal calls (d) greeting coworkers
32. 32.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
33. 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
34. 34.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) greeting coworkers (c) owning your mistakes (d) keeping your desk tidy
35. 35.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) rude replies on chat (c) long personal calls (d) phone on silent
39. 39.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) arriving on time (d) owning your mistakes

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