256 icebreaker questions
Icebreaker questions people actually enjoy answering.
Easy openers for new teams, mixed groups and video calls. Light enough for a Monday, specific enough to get a real answer, and safe in front of a manager.
Short answer
- 1.
What's one word for how your week is going so far?
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- 2.
If today were a weather forecast, what would it be?
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- 3.
What did you have for breakfast, rated out of ten?
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- 4.
What's a small thing that made you smile this week?
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- 5.
Which emoji do you use far too often?
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- 6.
What's the most useless talent you have?
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- 7.
What's the last thing you bought that you really love?
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- 8.
Coffee, tea, or something else entirely?
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- 9.
What's a food you refuse to eat, no matter what?
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- 10.
If you could instantly master one hobby, which would it be?
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- 11.
What's the best snack to have at your desk?
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- 12.
Which fictional place would you most like to visit?
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- 13.
What song has been stuck in your head lately?
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- 14.
What's your go-to order at a café?
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- 15.
Early bird or night owl, honestly?
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- 16.
What's the strangest thing on your desk right now?
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- 17.
If your week had a soundtrack, what would track one be?
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- 18.
What's a word you love the sound of?
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- 19.
Which season would you live in all year round?
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- 20.
What's the best thing you've watched in the last month?
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- 21.
If you could add one public holiday, what would it celebrate?
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- 22.
What's a skill you picked up and then completely forgot?
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- 23.
What's the most-used app on your phone that isn't for work?
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- 24.
Which animal best describes your energy today?
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- 25.
What's something you're looking forward to this weekend?
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- 26.
Pineapple on pizza: yes, no, or no comment?
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- 27.
What's the best piece of advice you've read on a mug or poster?
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- 28.
If you had a free afternoon today, how would you spend it?
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- 29.
What's one thing you always pack for a trip?
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- 30.
What's your favourite way to waste ten minutes?
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- 31.
Show us one object within arm's reach and tell us its story.
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- 32.
What's the view from your window right now, in one word?
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- 33.
What time is it where you are, and what should you be doing instead?
Work
- 34.
What's your best tip for ending the day when home is the office?
Work
- 35.
Who else is at home with you today: pets, people or plants?
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- 36.
What's the background noise wherever you are right now?
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- 37.
What's one thing that makes your workspace yours?
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- 38.
What do you miss about an office, if anything?
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- 39.
What's your favourite place to work that isn't your desk?
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- 40.
What's your trick for staying awake in the third call of the day?
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- 41.
What's the weather doing where you are?
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- 42.
Which mug or bottle is on your desk, and is there a story?
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- 43.
What's the furthest place you've ever joined a call from?
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- 44.
What's one thing you do to start your workday?
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- 45.
Hold up the last thing you wrote by hand.
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- 46.
What's your camera-off guilty pleasure? Folding laundry counts.
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- 47.
What's one thing the rest of us can't see from here?
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- 48.
How many steps have you taken today, roughly?
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- 49.
What's your lunch going to be?
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- 50.
What's the best home-office upgrade you've made?
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- 51.
What's one local spot near you we should all visit someday?
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- 52.
Pick a background sound: rain, café, silence or a playlist?
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- 53.
What's your favourite thing about where you live?
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- 54.
What would we hear if you unmuted for ten seconds?
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- 55.
What's one thing you've learned about yourself working remotely?
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- 56.
Point your camera at something you like and explain.
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- 57.
What's the most-used thing on your desk besides the laptop?
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- 58.
How do you take a real break when you work from home?
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- 59.
Which time zone teammate would you most like to swap days with?
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- 60.
What's one ritual that marks the end of your workday?
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Icebreaker questions: common questions
What are good icebreaker questions for work?
Questions about tastes, habits and small stories rather than private life: the best meal you had this year, a skill that surprises people, or the first job you ever had.
How do I run icebreakers on a video call?
Ask a question everyone can answer from their desk, like the oldest thing within reach, and collect answers on phones or in chat at the same time.
How many icebreaker questions should I use?
One is enough for a regular meeting. Save two or three for a first meeting of a new team or a workshop.
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