Icebreaker Questions for Work

How to play

1. Draw a question and give the first person a minute. Answers can be a word or a story.
2. For big groups and video calls, pick Quick questions and go around fast; for small groups, try Medium or Deeper.
3. Anyone can pass. A good icebreaker never puts someone on the spot.

All 100 questions

1. What's the best piece of work advice you've ever gotten
2. What's a skill you have that most people here probably don't know about
3. What's the most useful app or tool on your computer right now
4. What's the best snack to keep at your desk
5. What's a project you've worked on that you're quietly proud of
6. What's the best meeting you've ever been in, and what made it good
7. If our team were a band, what would we be called
8. What's your go-to song for getting focused
9. What's the strangest job title you've ever heard
10. What's a work habit you picked up from someone else
11. What's the best thing a manager, coach, or teacher ever did for you
12. Show us one object within arm's reach and tell us its story
13. What's one thing you learned recently that surprised you
14. What's a tiny workplace perk that would make your day
15. What's the most interesting place you've ever worked from
16. What's a word or phrase you know you overuse
17. What's the best compliment you've received about your work
18. What's a book, podcast, or video that changed how you work
19. What would be the title of the user manual for working with you
20. What's one thing on your to-do list that's been there way too long
21. What's your favorite way to take a break during the workday
22. What's the best name you've seen for a Wi-Fi network or a file
23. What's a tool or keyboard shortcut you wish everyone here knew about
24. If you could add one emoji to our team chat, what would it be
25. What's the first thing you do when you start your workday
26. What's a mistake you made early on in your career that taught you something useful
27. What's something you're getting better at this year
28. Who's someone outside your field whose work you admire
29. What's a kind of problem you love solving
30. What's the best team you've ever been on, and what made it work
31. What's the most useful thing you learned at your first job
32. What's a hobby that helps you at work in a surprising way
33. What's a hidden talent you'd bring to the office talent show
34. What's your favorite lunch you can make in under ten minutes
35. What's a meeting ritual or team tradition you've loved somewhere
36. What's one thing that always makes a workday go faster
37. What's the best question anyone has ever asked you in an interview
38. What's a piece of jargon from your field that outsiders find hilarious
39. What's the most satisfying task in your job
40. What's something you'd teach a new teammate in their first week
41. What's one small win from this week
42. What's the oddest thing you've ever had to explain to someone at work
43. Which fictional character would make the best coworker, and why
44. What's a work win you celebrated way harder than it deserved
45. What's the best view you've ever had from a place you worked
46. What's a podcast or channel you'd recommend to this group
47. What's the most interesting fact you know about your field
48. What's a job you've had that most people wouldn't guess
49. What's your favorite thing about the season we're in right now
50. What's the best out-of-office message you've ever seen or written
51. Tell us about a time you were really in the zone at work
52. What's something you know a lot about that has nothing to do with your job
53. What's a task you'd happily hand to a robot tomorrow
54. What's a job you'd love to try for just one day
55. What's the best training or class you've ever taken
56. What's a productivity trick that actually works for you
57. What's your ideal number of open browser tabs
58. What's one thing you're looking forward to this month
59. What's the best name for a conference room you can think of
60. If you started a side business tomorrow, what would it be
61. What's a small thing a coworker did that made your day
62. What's a part of your job that people outside it don't quite understand
63. What's the best "I didn't know I needed this" tool or gadget you own
64. What's your favorite background noise for working: silence, music, rain, or café chatter
65. What's the most memorable presentation you've ever seen
66. What's the best team lunch, outing, or celebration you've been part of
67. What's the nicest thank-you note or message someone has sent you
68. If our team had a mascot, what would it be
69. What's one tab you have open right now that you're willing to share
70. What's your work superpower, in one word
71. What's a skill you'd like to learn from someone on this team
72. What's the most creative fix you've seen for a boring problem
73. What's an email or message you'll never forget, for good or funny reasons
74. If you could ban one minor annoyance forever, what would it be
75. If you were a font, which one would you be
76. Which cartoon character would make the best boss
77. Coffee, tea, or neither? What's your go-to drink
78. Describe your week so far in one word
79. What's your favorite day of the week, and why
80. What's a book you've recommended to people more than once
81. What's a skill you taught yourself
82. What's a hobby you'd love to try if you had the time
83. What's your favorite thing about the town or city you live in now
84. What's a topic you could talk about for an hour with no prep
85. What's a habit you're proud of building
86. What's a goal you're working toward right now
87. What's something people are often surprised to learn about you
88. What's a piece of technology you can't imagine living without
89. What's a skill you think everyone should learn
90. If you could become an expert in anything overnight, what would you choose
91. What's something you're curious about right now
92. What's a place you'd take a visitor to show off your town
93. Where do you get your best ideas
94. What's an ordinary skill you think is secretly impressive
95. What would you do with an extra hour every day
96. What's one thing you wish you'd been taught in school
97. What's something you used to find hard that now feels easy
98. What's your desktop wallpaper or video background, and why that one
99. If you could teleport one thing to your desk right now, what would it be
100. What's your go-to dish to bring to a potluck

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