229 check-in questions
Check-in questions that tell you how the room is arriving.
Short openers for the first five minutes: one-word moods, quick scales, and a few deeper ones for retros and offsites. Answerable in a word or a sentence, never personal.
Short answer
- 1.
What's one thing you finished this week that you're glad is done?
Work
- 2.
What's taking up more of your head than it should right now?
Work
- 3.
What's one task you'd happily hand to a robot?
Work
- 4.
Which tool or shortcut saves you the most time?
Work
- 5.
What's the best meeting you've been in, and why?
Work
- 6.
What would you cut from your calendar this week if you could?
Work
- 7.
What's a problem you solved recently that you're proud of?
Work
- 8.
What's one thing our customers would be surprised to learn about how we work?
Work
- 9.
On a scale of one to five, how clear are your priorities this week?
Work
- 10.
What's blocking you that this group could unblock?
Work
- 11.
What's a decision you're waiting on?
Work
- 12.
What's something you learned from a colleague this month?
Work
- 13.
What would make next week easier than this one?
Work
- 14.
What's one thing you'd change about how we hand work over?
Work
- 15.
Which part of the project are you most curious about?
Work
- 16.
What's the best email or message you sent this week?
Work
- 17.
What's one meeting that could have been a message?
Work
- 18.
What's a small process fix that would save us all time?
Work
- 19.
Where do you go when you need to focus?
Work
- 20.
What's a metric you watch that nobody else seems to?
Work
- 21.
What would you build if you had a week with no other work?
Work
- 22.
What's the most useful question a customer asked you recently?
Work
- 23.
What's one thing you want from this meeting before it ends?
Work
- 24.
What should we celebrate that we haven't yet?
Work
- 25.
Which deadline is closest to keeping you up at night?
Work
- 26.
What's a part of your role people often misunderstand?
Work
- 27.
What's one thing that went better than expected this sprint?
Work
- 28.
If you could sit in on another team for a day, which would it be?
Work
- 29.
What's something you'd like feedback on this week?
Work
- 30.
What's one word for where this project stands?
Work
- 31.
One word for how you're arriving today?
Any room
- 32.
What colour is your mood right now?
Any room
- 33.
On a scale of one to ten, how charged is your battery?
Any room
- 34.
Which kind of weather matches your energy at the moment?
Any room
- 35.
If your day so far were a speed, would it be walk, jog or sprint?
Any room
- 36.
Name a song title that sums up your week.
Any room
- 37.
Pick a number from one to five for how rested you feel.
Any room
- 38.
What's one word for the last 24 hours?
Any room
- 39.
Which drink matches your energy today: espresso, herbal tea or water?
Any room
- 40.
If your mind were a browser, how many tabs are open right now?
Any room
- 41.
Thumbs up, sideways or down: how is today going?
Any room
- 42.
What animal matches your pace today?
Any room
- 43.
Which season is your mood in right now?
Any room
- 44.
Choose a vehicle that describes your week so far.
Any room
- 45.
One word for what you need from the next hour?
Any room
- 46.
Sunny, cloudy or stormy: what's your forecast for the afternoon?
Any room
- 47.
Which kitchen appliance is your energy today: kettle, toaster or slow cooker?
Any room
- 48.
If today had a flavour, what would it be?
Any room
- 49.
What's one word you'd like to describe the end of today?
Any room
- 50.
Rate your focus right now from one to ten.
Any room
- 51.
Which time of day does your energy feel like right now?
Any room
- 52.
Name a film title that fits how you feel today.
Any room
- 53.
What shape is your week: circle, zigzag or straight line?
Any room
- 54.
Coffee count so far today?
Any room
- 55.
Pick a texture for your mood: smooth, bumpy or fuzzy.
Any room
- 56.
What volume is your brain set to today: quiet, normal or loud?
Any room
- 57.
Which board game piece are you today: the one leading, catching up or just enjoying the ride?
Any room
- 58.
If your energy were a phone battery, what percentage would it show?
Any room
- 59.
What one word would you put on a sticky note for today?
Any room
- 60.
Calm, busy or somewhere in between?
Any room
Check-in questions: common questions
What is a check-in question?
A short question at the start of a meeting that shows how everyone is arriving: their energy, focus or mood. It gets every voice into the room before the first topic.
How long should a meeting check-in take?
Two to five minutes. When everyone answers on their phone at once, even a group of thirty is done in two.
What's a good check-in question for a team meeting?
One word for how you're arriving today, or from one to five, how clear is your top priority? Both take seconds and tell the facilitator something useful.
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