Icebreaker questions-for-work

Icebreaker questions-for-work

1. 200+ Icebreaker
Questions for Work
Are you mor e likely to get suck ed int o a
social media rabbit hole when y ou work
from home?
Are you mor e productive in a home office,
at the kit chen table, fr om bed?
Are you mor e productive in the mor ning or
at night?
Assuming y ou have an office with a view ,
what w ould y ou want the view t o be of?
Are you wearing pant s during this meeting?
How often do y ou work fr om your bed?
Best professional de velopment book y ouʼve
ever read?
Choose tw o-coworkers youʼd want on y our
team during a z ombie apocalypse.
Describe y our team in one w ord.
Describe Y our W orst Date Ever.
Do you enjo y working fr om home or w ould
you rather be in the office?
Do you have a dedicat ed office space at
home?
Do you have any Chris tmas holida y travel
plans?
Do you have any Chris tmas traditions?
Do you have any pet pee ves?
Do you have any pets in your office?
Do you have any short term goals? What ar e
you looking t o achieve within the ne xt year?
Do you like working fr om your house or
prefer to go t o coffee shops/co- working
spaces?
Do you prefer team or individual spor ts?
Do you prefer to avoid or confr ont conflic t?
Do you prefer to receive recognition in
public or priv ate?
Do you prefer to work in an office or fr om
home?
Do you prefer wine or beer ?
Do you support any charities?
Do you take notes or jot do wn ideas online
or with a pen and paper ?
Do you think y ou could liv e without y our
smartphone ( or other t echnology it em) for
24 hours?
Do you watch Netflix sho ws? What's y our
favorite?
Do you work bett er at home with
background noise? Is the TV on? Radio?
Do you work bett er in the mor ning or at
night?
How do y ou stay productive and motiv ated
working vir tually?
How many book s did y ou read las t year?
How many cups of coff ee or t ea do y ou
have every day?
How many pair s of shoes do y ou own?
How many states have you been t o?
How much mone y would it tak e for you to
give up y our smar tphone f or a month?
How often do y ou work in P Js?

2. How would y ou spend y our mone y if you
won the lott ery?
If you are to lear n any new skill that is not
related to work, what w ould it be?
If you could add an ything t o the office what
would it be?
If you could choose one hobb y that no w
seems out of y our reach either financially or
time- wise, what hobb y would y ou take up
and wh y?
If you could collec t anything, what w ould it
be?
If you could do an ything in the w orld as y our
career, what w ould y ou do?
If you could eat one f ood for the r est of your
life, what w ould it be?
If you could eliminat e one f ood so that no
one w ould eat it e ver again, what w ould y ou
pick t o des troy?
If you could eliminat e one thing fr om your
daily r outine, what w ould it be and wh y?
If you could giv e some advice t o beginner s
in your w ork ar ea, what w ould it be?
If you could go an ywher e in the w orld right
now, wher e would it be?
If you could ha ve any super power, what
would y ou choose and wh y?
If you could ha ve any unlimit ed supply of
one thing f or the r est of your life, what
would y ou pick?
If you could ha ve the po wer of t eleportation
right no w, wher e would y ou go and wh y?
If you could ins tantly become an e xpert in
something, what w ould it be?
If you could ins tantly lear n any skill, what
would it be?
If you could lear n one new pr ofessional skill,
what w ould it be?
If you could liv e any historical figur eʼs life,
which one w ould y ou choose?
If you could liv e in an y country , wher e would
you live?
If you could liv e in an y state, which s tate
would y ou pick?
If you could magically become fluent in an y
language, what w ould it be?
If you could only choose one v acation
destination wher e would y ou pick and wh y?
If you could only eat at one r estaurant
forever, what r estaurant w ould it be?
If you could only lis ten to one song f or the
rest of your life, which song w ould y ou
pick?
If you could only w ear one type of shoes f or
the rest of your life, what type of shoes
would it be?
If you could r ead one book o ver and o ver for
the rest of your life, what w ould it be?
If you could get rid of one thing in the
world, what w ould it be?
If you could see one mo vie again f or the
first time, what w ould it be and wh y?
If you could s tart any busines s in the w orld,
what w ould y ou start?
If you could tur n the ocean int o a liquid
other than w ater, which one w ould y ou
pick?
If you could writ e a book, what genr e would
you writ e it in?
If you had a boat, what w ould y ou name it?
If you had a paid y ear off w ork, ho w would
you spend it?
If you had lot s of mone y, what unneces sary
thing w ould y ou splur ge on?
If you had one oppor tunity t o run a
restaurant, what w ould y ou serv e?
If you had t o delet e all but 3 apps fr om your
smartphone, which ones w ould y ou keep?
If you had t o endor se a brand, which brand
would it be?
If you had t o move to another country ,
where would y ou mo ve?
If you had t o teach a clas s on one thing,
what w ould y ou teach?
If your house w as on fir e and y ou could only
grab thr ee things, what w ould the y be?
In high school did y ou receive a superlativ e?

3. Is a hot dog a sandwich?
Is ther e a dish y ou cook e xceptionally w ell?
Is ther e a habit y ou want to change?
Mountain or beach, which one w ould y ou
prefer for vacation?
Pancakes or w affles?
Pick something fr om your pock et/purse and
tell us wh y that thing is inside ther e.
Popcorn or M&Ms?
Pull out y our phone; what ʼs your mos t used
emoji?
Show us the w eirdest thing y ou have in the
room with y ou right no w.
Show us y our cell phone w allpaper . Is ther e
a story behind it?
Show us y our mos t-used emoji.
Show us y our office space!
Steve Urkel or Kimm y Gibler ?
Teleportation or flying?
Tell us about something y ou use t o believe
earlier in y our car eer, but y ou no w think
about it diff erently.
Tell us about the las t time y ou got angry
with a co- worker. What w as the cause?
Tell us about y our very fir st job.
Tell us fiv e things y ou alw ays carry in y our
backpack!
Tell us the bra vest thing y ou've done in y our
life?
The Beach Bo ys or The Beatles?
Whatʼs the w orst piece of advice y ouʼve
ever been giv en?
Train or plane?
What about sho wers? Do y ou prefer
morning or night?
What aft erschool ac tivity did y ou quit as a
kid, and wh y?
What ar e you doing ne xt weekend?
What ar e you drinking right no w? If nothing,
what w as the las t thing y ou drank?
What ar e you the bigges t fan of?
What ar e your top 3 f avorite foods?
What ar e your special skills y ou would like
to apply at the w orkplace?
What ar e your top 3 mos t hated foods?
What ar e your top thr ee favorite phone
apps?
What band w ould y ou be embar rassed to
admit y ou listen to?
What blog or w ebsite are you embar rassed
to admit y ou love?
What boar d game ar e you unbeatable at?
What celebrities shar e your bir thday?
What celebrity do mos t people sa y you look
like?
What college did y ou attend?
What commer cial jingle get s stuck in y our
head all the time?
What did y ou study in college?
What do y ou enjo y most about y our job?
What do y ou never leave the house without
(canʼt be y our phone, k eys or w allet)?
What do y ou think is the gr eatest invention
in your lifetime?
What does y our mor ning r outine look lik e
when w orking fr om home?
What does y our typical w ork fr om home
uniform look lik e?
What f ashion tr end w ould y ou bring back?
What f ood could y ou not liv e without?
What f ood will y ou never eat?

4. What fruit or v egetable w ould y ou mos t
want to be?
What has been the bes t team building e vent
you have been t o?
What has been the gr eatest
accomplishment of y our car eer?
What is one place y ou have always wanted
to visit?
What is something y ou do that y ou donʼt
like to do?
What is something y ou would like to lear n?
What is something y ou've done that nobdo y
would e xpect?
What is the bes t concer t you have ever
been t o?
What is the bes t hotel or Airbnb y ou have
ever stayed at?
What is the bes t TV sho w of all time?
What is the f arthest distance y ou have
driven?
What is the gr eatest lesson y ou lear ned
from your par ents?
What is the las t show you binge- watched?
What is the mos t adventurous thing y ou
have done?
What is y our absolut e dream job?
What is y our favorite des sert?
What is y our favorite item youʼve bought
this y ear?
What is y our favorite meal t o cook and wh y?
What is y our favorite scent?
What is y our favorite television netw ork?
What is y our favorite way to unwind?
What is y our favorite work lunch?
What is y our favorite app?
What is y our favorite baked good?
What is y our favorite fast food restaurant?
What is y our favourite store?
What is y our preferred music genr e?
What is y our role in the compan y?
What is y our Starbuck s Order?
What par t of elementary school do y ou wish
you could incor porate into your adult lif e?
(i.e. naptime)
What piece of clothing bes t describes y ou?
What sor t of ph ysical e xercise do y ou
enjoy?
What w as the country y ou las t visit ed
outside of Unit ed Stat es?
What w as the fir st record you ever bought?
What w as the har dest clas s you ever took?
What w as the las t movie you attended?
What w as the las t thing y ou ate?
What w as your favorite childhood video
game y ou played?
What w as your favorite clas s in college?
What w as your fir st job?
What w as your leas t favorite food as a
child? Do y ou still hat e it or do y ou love it
now?
What w ould be the mos t surprising
scientific disco very imaginable?
What w ould y ou like to be kno wn for?
What w ould be the absolut ely mus t-have-
thing in y our dr eam house?
What's the mos t difficult thing y ou've ever
done?
What's y our bes t sport or fitnes s activity?
What's y our favorite music band a decade
ago?
Whatʼs a weird fact you happen t o kno w?

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Whatʼs one skill y ou have that helps y ou be
succes sful w orking r emotely?
Whatʼs something that e veryone else seems
to love—that y ou donʼt under stand?
Whatʼs the bes t thing y ouʼve bought so f ar
this y ear?
Whatʼs the har dest part about w orking fr om
home?
Whatʼs the longes t flight y ouʼve ever taken?
Whatʼs the mos t random thing in y our
purse/wallet?
Whatʼs your favorite part of w orking fr om
home?
Whatʼs your favorite place of all the places
youʼve travelled?
Whatʼs your favorite sports team?
Whatʼs your favorite type of sandwich?
Whatʼs your fir st memory as a child?
Whatʼs your number one tip f or combating
distractions when w orking fr om home?
Whatʼs your real favorite book, and what
book do y ou pretend is y our favorite to
sound smar t?
When y ou die, what do y ou want to be
remember ed for?
Where did y ou grow up?
Where do y ou picture yourself fiv e years
from no w?
Where do y ou prefer to live - city or
country side?
Where do y ou want to see y ourself in 10
years?
Where were you bor n?
Where would y ou love to go f or a relaxing
holiday?
Which of y our skills do y ou feel ar e being
underutiliz ed at w ork?
Who is the mos t famous per son y ouʼve ever
met?
Who w as your role model as a kid and wh y?
Would y ou rather be able t o talk t o animals
or fluently speak all f oreign languages?
Would y ou rather be the funnies t or
smartest person in the r oom?
Would y ou rather be without int ernet or
your phone f or a whole w eek?
Would y ou rather ha ve an appetiz er or
dessert?
Would y ou rather liv e in the mountains or on
the beach?
Would y ou rather liv e somewher e itʼs always
hot or somewher e itʼs always cold?
Would y ou rather medal in the Olympics or
win a Pulitz er Priz e?
Would y ou rather w atch TV or r ead a book?
Would y ou rather w ork fr om home or w ork
in an office or do y ou like the idea of a
combo of both?
You can only eat one f ood again f or the r est
of your life. What is it?