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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

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

Answer key

  1. ignoring instructions
  2. a good work habit
  3. True
  4. tell your supervisor
  5. a good work habit
  6. rude replies on chat
  7. a poor work habit
  8. wait for your turn
  9. arriving on time
  10. a good work habit
  11. hiding a mistake
  12. False
  13. a good work habit
  14. arriving on time
  15. a poor work habit
  16. a good work habit
  17. meeting deadlines
  18. “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
  19. arriving late daily
  20. False
  21. keeping your desk tidy
  22. ask politely
  23. True
  24. greeting coworkers
  25. True
  26. keeping your desk tidy
  27. owning your mistakes
  28. asking when unsure
  29. gossiping about others
  30. set it to silent
  31. False
  32. a poor work habit
  33. rude replies on chat
  34. False
  35. a poor work habit
  36. asking when unsure
  37. a good work habit
  38. a poor work habit
  39. taking others’ credit
  40. greeting coworkers

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