Icebreaker questions for work

45 questions. Easy questions that help a team get to know each other, without anything too personal.

1. What is one small thing that reliably makes your workday better?
2. Which skill have you picked up on the job that surprised you the most?
3. What was the very first job you ever had, and what did it teach you?
4. If our team were a band, what would we be called and what would we play?
5. What is one tool or app you could not imagine working without?
6. Which part of your job could you talk about for an hour without getting bored?
7. What is the best piece of career advice anyone has given you?
8. Whose role on the team would you most like to try for a day, and why?
9. What does your ideal workday look like from start to finish?
10. Which work habit of yours would you most like to pass on to a new hire?
11. What is something you learned recently that changed how you work?
12. If you could add one perk to every workplace in the world, what would it be?
13. What is the most creative fix for a work problem that you have ever seen?
14. At what time of day do you do your best thinking, and how do you protect it?
15. Which project from your career are you still quietly proud of, and why?
16. If your job came with a mascot, what animal would it be and why?
17. What is one thing people often misunderstand about the work you do?
18. What would the title of a documentary about your workweek be?
19. Which fictional workplace from a book, show or movie would you most like to join for a week?
20. What is the most useful work habit you have borrowed from a colleague?
21. What is your go-to way to reset when a workday gets hectic?
22. If you could master one new professional skill overnight, which would you choose?
23. What did you want to be when you were younger, and how close did you get?
24. What is a task most people dislike that you secretly enjoy?
25. Which word would you use to describe our team to a stranger, and why?
26. What is the best team tradition you have been part of at any job?
27. How would you explain your job to a curious ten year old?
28. What was the best onboarding experience you ever had, and what made it great?
29. Which meeting or team ritual would you keep if you could only keep one?
30. What is one goal you would love our team to reach by the end of the year?
31. Which team process would you simplify first if you had a magic wand?
32. What is the funniest mix-up you have seen happen at work?
33. Which book, podcast or video has shaped how you approach your work?
34. What unusual job have you heard of that you would love to try for a week?
35. What kind of work makes you lose all track of time?
36. What is one way the team could make your work a little easier?
37. If our team had an official snack, what should it be and why?
38. Which three words would past coworkers use to describe you?
39. How do you like to receive feedback: in writing, face to face or in the moment?
40. If you could redesign our workspace, what is the first thing you would change?
41. Which job skill do you think is underrated, and why?
42. What does a great teammate do that others might not notice?
43. If this team started a small business together, what would we sell?
44. What is your favorite question to ask someone new at work?
45. Which workplace buzzword would you happily ban forever, and why?