Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 47 · 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 poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) gossiping about others (c) greeting coworkers (d) asking when unsure
2. 2.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) respecting others’ time (c) hiding a mistake (d) owning your mistakes
5. 5.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) arriving late daily (c) long personal calls (d) asking when unsure
6. 6.🏢 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
7. 7.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) wait for your turn (b) roll your eyes (c) leave the room (d) interrupt loudly
8. 8.🏢 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.”
9. 9.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
10. 10.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) rude replies on chat (d) asking when unsure
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) arriving on time (c) ignoring instructions (d) keeping your desk tidy
13. 13.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
14. 14.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) respecting others’ time (c) taking others’ credit (d) gossiping about others
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) respecting others’ time (c) phone on silent (d) taking others’ credit
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) hiding a mistake (c) arriving late daily (d) leaving without telling
17. 17.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) phone on silent (c) taking others’ credit (d) meeting deadlines
18. 18.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) ignoring instructions (c) owning your mistakes (d) respecting others’ time
19. 19.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
20. 20.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) leaving without telling (c) ignoring instructions (d) arriving late daily
21. 21.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) set it to silent (b) answer every call (c) leave it ringing (d) turn up the volume
22. 22.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
24. 24.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving late daily (b) taking others’ credit (c) asking when unsure (d) ignoring instructions
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) arriving on time (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) meeting deadlines
28. 28.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) gossiping about others (c) ignoring instructions (d) arriving late daily
32. 32.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
33. 33.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) ignoring instructions (c) meeting deadlines (d) hiding a mistake
34. 34.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) rude replies on chat (c) leaving without telling (d) taking others’ credit
35. 35.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) tell your supervisor (b) blame a coworker (c) hide it (d) leave early
38. 38.🏢 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
39. 39.True or false: “greeting coworkers” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “long personal calls” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True

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