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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 490 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) tell your supervisor (b) leave early (c) blame a coworker (d) hide it
  2. 2.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) respecting others’ time (c) long personal calls (d) greeting coworkers
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) arriving on time (c) greeting coworkers (d) asking when unsure
  4. 4.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) arriving on time (c) phone on silent (d) meeting deadlines
  6. 6.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) gossiping about others (c) long personal calls (d) greeting coworkers
  7. 7.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  8. 8.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) leave it ringing (b) answer every call (c) turn up the volume (d) set it to silent
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) asking when unsure (c) arriving on time (d) keeping your desk tidy
  10. 10.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  11. 11.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) arriving on time (c) meeting deadlines (d) gossiping about others
  13. 13.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) do nothing (b) ask politely (c) guess and hope (d) ask a customer
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) asking when unsure (c) leaving without telling (d) keeping your desk tidy
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) meeting deadlines (c) gossiping about others (d) hiding a mistake
  16. 16.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) asking when unsure (c) taking others’ credit (d) owning your mistakes
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) taking others’ credit (c) arriving on time (d) meeting deadlines
  19. 19.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) arriving late daily (b) leaving without telling (c) arriving on time (d) long personal calls
  20. 20.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) long personal calls (c) respecting others’ time (d) taking others’ credit
  21. 21.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) long personal calls (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) asking when unsure
  24. 24.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “I quit.” (b) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (c) “Not my fault.” (d) “Whatever.”
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) arriving late daily (c) taking others’ credit (d) gossiping about others
  26. 26.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) hiding a mistake (c) gossiping about others (d) arriving late daily
  27. 27.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) long personal calls (d) rude replies on chat
  28. 28.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) say nothing (b) just come late (c) skip the whole day (d) inform in advance
  29. 29.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) asking when unsure (c) rude replies on chat (d) long personal calls
  30. 30.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  31. 31.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) meeting deadlines (d) rude replies on chat
  32. 32.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  33. 33.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) asking when unsure (d) leaving without telling
  34. 34.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  35. 35.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) ignoring instructions (c) meeting deadlines (d) hiding a mistake
  36. 36.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) greeting coworkers (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) hiding a mistake
  37. 37.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) interrupt loudly (b) wait for your turn (c) leave the room (d) roll your eyes
  38. 38.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  39. 39.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  40. 40.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit

Answer key

  1. tell your supervisor
  2. long personal calls
  3. hiding a mistake
  4. False
  5. ignoring instructions
  6. greeting coworkers
  7. a good work habit
  8. set it to silent
  9. rude replies on chat
  10. a poor work habit
  11. True
  12. gossiping about others
  13. ask politely
  14. leaving without telling
  15. meeting deadlines
  16. False
  17. taking others’ credit
  18. taking others’ credit
  19. arriving on time
  20. respecting others’ time
  21. False
  22. a poor work habit
  23. long personal calls
  24. “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
  25. keeping your desk tidy
  26. phone on silent
  27. keeping your desk tidy
  28. inform in advance
  29. asking when unsure
  30. a good work habit
  31. rude replies on chat
  32. a poor work habit
  33. leaving without telling
  34. a good work habit
  35. meeting deadlines
  36. hiding a mistake
  37. wait for your turn
  38. a poor work habit
  39. a poor work habit
  40. a good work habit

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