Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 402 · 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) rude replies on chat (b) meeting deadlines (c) arriving late daily (d) long personal calls
2. 2.True or false: “long personal calls” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) ignoring instructions (c) owning your mistakes (d) taking others’ credit
5. 5.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) long personal calls (c) rude replies on chat (d) greeting coworkers
6. 6.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) asking when unsure (c) meeting deadlines (d) phone on silent
7. 7.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (b) “Not my fault.” (c) “I quit.” (d) “Whatever.”
8. 8.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) phone on silent (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) owning your mistakes
13. 13.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) greeting coworkers (d) leaving without telling
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) meeting deadlines (c) taking others’ credit (d) asking when unsure
15. 15.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) ignoring instructions (c) phone on silent (d) gossiping about others
16. 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
17. 17.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) asking when unsure (c) respecting others’ time (d) hiding a mistake
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) greeting coworkers (c) arriving on time (d) long personal calls
19. 19.True or false: “phone on silent” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
21. 21.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) asking when unsure (c) gossiping about others (d) leaving without telling
22. 22.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) skip the whole day (b) say nothing (c) inform in advance (d) just come late
23. 23.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
24. 24.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask politely (b) guess and hope (c) ask a customer (d) do nothing
25. 25.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) rude replies on chat (c) hiding a mistake (d) taking others’ credit
28. 28.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
29. 29.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) turn up the volume (b) set it to silent (c) leave it ringing (d) answer every call
30. 30.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) rude replies on chat (c) arriving on time (d) taking others’ credit
31. 31.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) rude replies on chat (c) phone on silent (d) greeting coworkers
32. 32.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) greeting coworkers (c) long personal calls (d) respecting others’ time
34. 34.🏢 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
35. 35.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
40. 40.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit

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