Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 521 · 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.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) leave the room (b) roll your eyes (c) interrupt loudly (d) wait for your turn
2. 2.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) arriving late daily (c) leaving without telling (d) long personal calls
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) respecting others’ time (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) phone on silent
5. 5.True or false: “meeting deadlines” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) taking others’ credit (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) owning your mistakes
7. 7.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) guess and hope (b) do nothing (c) ask a customer (d) ask politely
8. 8.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) phone on silent (c) owning your mistakes (d) leaving without telling
9. 9.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) ignoring instructions (d) leaving without telling
10. 10.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “long personal calls” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: hiding a mistake? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
14. 14.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Not my fault.” (c) “I quit.” (d) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
15. 15.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) rude replies on chat (c) asking when unsure (d) arriving on time
16. 16.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) rude replies on chat (c) asking when unsure (d) gossiping about others
17. 17.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) long personal calls (c) arriving on time (d) arriving late daily
19. 19.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) leaving without telling (c) taking others’ credit (d) respecting others’ time
21. 21.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
22. 22.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: leaving without telling? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) asking when unsure (c) phone on silent (d) long personal calls
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) greeting coworkers (c) taking others’ credit (d) phone on silent
25. 25.True or false: “long personal calls” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) hiding a mistake (c) greeting coworkers (d) leaving without telling
27. 27.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) long personal calls (c) greeting coworkers (d) gossiping about others
28. 28.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) hiding a mistake (b) long personal calls (c) taking others’ credit (d) owning your mistakes
29. 29.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) say nothing (b) skip the whole day (c) just come late (d) inform in advance
30. 30.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: respecting others’ time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
32. 32.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
33. 33.True or false: “phone on silent” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) arriving on time (c) phone on silent (d) hiding a mistake
35. 35.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
36. 36.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
38. 38.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) greeting coworkers (c) meeting deadlines (d) gossiping about others
40. 40.True or false: “gossiping about others” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True

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