75 Icebreaker Questions for Work

Prompts (75)

• 1. Do you tackle your hardest task first thing or warm up with easy wins?

  Workday
  tackle your hardest task first thingwarm up with easy wins

• 2. Do you color-code your calendar or keep every event the same shade?

  Workday
  color-code your calendarkeep every event the same shade

• 3. Do you work best with background noise or total silence?

  Workday
  with background noisetotal silence

• 4. Is your desktop covered in files or perfectly clean?

  Workday
  covered in filesperfectly clean

• 5. Do you take your lunch break at the same time every day or whenever you get hungry?

  Workday
  at the same time every daywhenever you get hungry

• 6. Do you have dozens of browser tabs open or just a handful?

  Workday
  dozens of browser tabs openjust a handful

• 7. Are you a sticky-note person or a digital-reminder person?

  Workday
  a sticky-note persona digital-reminder person

• 8. Do you answer messages the moment they arrive or batch them a few times a day?

  Workday
  the moment they arrivebatch them a few times a day

• 9. Do you keep a done list as well as a to-do list or only track what's left?

  Workday
  keep a done list as well as a to-do listonly track what's left

• 10. Do you plan tomorrow before you log off or figure it out in the morning?

  Workday
  plan tomorrow before you log offfigure it out in the morning

• 11. Are your best ideas born at your desk or on a walk?

  Workday
  at your deskon a walk

• 12. Would you rather have a four-day week with longer days or five shorter days?

  Workday
  a four-day week with longer daysfive shorter days

• 13. Does your most-used work emoji lean toward the thumbs-up or the laughing face?

  Workday
  the thumbs-upthe laughing face

• 14. Do you name your files carefully or end up with final_final_v3?

  Workday
  name your files carefullyend up with final_final_v3

• 15. Cameras on or cameras off for a quick team check-in?

  Meetings
  cameras oncameras off

• 16. Would you rather have one long meeting or three short ones?

  Meetings
  one long meetingthree short ones

• 17. Do you join meetings a minute early or exactly on time?

  Meetings
  a minute earlyexactly on time

• 18. Standing meetings: brilliant idea or tired legs?

  Meetings
  brilliant ideatired legs

• 19. Would you rather present the slides or take the notes?

  Meetings
  present the slidestake the notes

• 20. Do you prefer a meeting with a clear agenda or a free-flowing brainstorm?

  Meetings
  a clear agendaa free-flowing brainstorm

• 21. Should meetings end five minutes early or start five minutes late?

  Meetings
  end five minutes earlystart five minutes late

• 22. Would you rather brainstorm on a whiteboard or in a shared document?

  Meetings
  on a whiteboardin a shared document

• 23. Is a walking meeting refreshing or distracting?

  Meetings
  refreshingdistracting

• 24. Do you doodle during long calls or take tidy notes?

  Meetings
  doodle during long callstake tidy notes

• 25. Would you rather give a two-minute update or write a two-paragraph summary?

  Meetings
  give a two-minute updatewrite a two-paragraph summary

• 26. Is a no-meeting day a blessing or a little lonely?

  Meetings
  a blessinga little lonely

• 27. Would you rather have a nap pod or a massage chair at work?

  Office perks
  a nap poda massage chair

• 28. Would you rather get a free lunch once a week or leave an hour early on Fridays?

  Office perks
  a free lunch once a weekleave an hour early on Fridays

• 29. Is the best desk by the window or in a quiet corner?

  Office perks
  by the windowin a quiet corner

• 30. Would the office vote for a monthly breakfast cart or a monthly afternoon picnic?

  Office perks
  a monthly breakfast carta monthly afternoon picnic

• 31. Would you rather get a fancy desk chair or a giant second monitor?

  Office perks
  a fancy desk chaira giant second monitor

• 32. Would you rather have a team game room or a team library?

  Office perks
  a team game rooma team library

• 33. Would you rather get your birthday off or an extra week of vacation every five years?

  Office perks
  your birthday offan extra week of vacation every five years

• 34. Would you rather have a rooftop garden or an indoor climbing wall at the office?

  Office perks
  a rooftop gardenan indoor climbing wall

• 35. Is a standing desk a game changer or an expensive coat rack?

  Office perks
  a game changeran expensive coat rack

• 36. Would you rather learn something new on a paid course or volunteer with the team for a day?

  Office perks
  learn something new on a paid coursevolunteer with the team for a day

• 37. Would you rather have a monthly team lunch or a yearly team trip?

  Office perks
  a monthly team luncha yearly team trip

• 38. Would you rather have free snacks or free coffee forever?

  Office perks
  free snacksfree coffee forever

• 39. Would you rather have quiet hours every morning or a team stretch break every afternoon?

  Office perks
  quiet hours every morninga team stretch break every afternoon

• 40. Do you eat lunch at your desk or step away from the screen?

  Food
  eat lunch at your deskstep away from the screen

• 41. Is your go-to work snack crunchy or sweet?

  Food
  crunchysweet

• 42. Do you bring leftovers from home or pick something up nearby?

  Food
  bring leftovers from homepick something up nearby

• 43. Is reheating fish in the office microwave acceptable or a firm no?

  Food
  acceptablea firm no

• 44. When treats show up in the break room, do you grab one right away or wait to see if any are left?

  Food
  grab one right awaywait to see if any are left

• 45. Is your drink of choice at your desk coffee or tea?

  Food
  coffeetea

• 46. Would you rather order team lunch from the usual spot or try somewhere new?

  Food
  from the usual spottry somewhere new

• 47. Do you label your food in the shared fridge or trust the system?

  Food
  label your food in the shared fridgetrust the system

• 48. Would you rather have a team potluck or a catered lunch?

  Food
  a team potlucka catered lunch

• 49. Is the best afternoon pick-me-up a snack or a walk?

  Food
  a snacka walk

• 50. Do you keep an emergency snack drawer or live snack-free?

  Food
  keep an emergency snack drawerlive snack-free

• 51. Would you rather share homemade cookies or homemade salsa with the team?

  Food
  homemade cookieshomemade salsa

• 52. Would you rather work from home every day or from the office every day?

  Remote vs in-office
  from home every dayfrom the office every day

• 53. Do you dress fully for video calls or only from the waist up?

  Remote vs in-office
  dress fully for video callsonly from the waist up

• 54. Would you rather work from a coffee shop or a library for a day?

  Remote vs in-office
  a coffee shopa library

• 55. Is your video-call background real or blurred?

  Remote vs in-office
  realblurred

• 56. Would you rather have a short commute or no commute with more distractions?

  Remote vs in-office
  a short commuteno commute with more distractions

• 57. Do you miss office small talk or enjoy the quiet?

  Remote vs in-office
  miss office small talkenjoy the quiet

• 58. Would you rather work from a cabin in the woods or an apartment by the sea for a month?

  Remote vs in-office
  a cabin in the woodsan apartment by the sea

• 59. Do you take calls pacing around or sitting still?

  Remote vs in-office
  pacing aroundsitting still

• 60. Is your home workspace a dedicated desk or the kitchen table?

  Remote vs in-office
  a dedicated deskthe kitchen table

• 61. Would you rather chat with coworkers by message or hop on a quick call?

  Remote vs in-office
  by messagehop on a quick call

• 62. Does a pet showing up on camera make a meeting better or more chaotic?

  Remote vs in-office
  bettermore chaotic

• 63. Would you rather have one office day a week for the team or meet up once a quarter?

  Remote vs in-office
  one office day a weekmeet up once a quarter

• 64. Would you rather have a theme song play when you join a meeting or when you leave it?

  Silly hypotheticals
  when you join a meetingwhen you leave it

• 65. Would you rather have a robot assistant that schedules your meetings or writes your emails?

  Silly hypotheticals
  schedules your meetingswrites your emails

• 66. Would you rather your job come with a uniform or a mascot costume on Fridays?

  Silly hypotheticals
  a uniforma mascot costume on Fridays

• 67. If the office had a slide instead of stairs, would you use it daily or only on special occasions?

  Silly hypotheticals
  use it dailyonly on special occasions

• 68. Would you rather swap jobs with a zookeeper or a pastry chef for a day?

  Silly hypotheticals
  a zookeepera pastry chef

• 69. Would you rather every email be in rhyme or every meeting be in song?

  Silly hypotheticals
  every email be in rhymeevery meeting be in song

• 70. Would you rather have an extra hour in the workday or an extra day in the weekend once a month?

  Silly hypotheticals
  an extra hour in the workdayan extra day in the weekend once a month

• 71. Would you rather the team mascot be a goat or a llama?

  Silly hypotheticals
  a goata llama

• 72. Would you rather your keyboard type in glitter or your mouse squeak with every click?

  Silly hypotheticals
  your keyboard type in glitteryour mouse squeak with every click

• 73. Would you rather present to a room of puppies or a room of very serious owls?

  Silly hypotheticals
  a room of puppiesa room of very serious owls

• 74. Would you rather have a desk that adjusts to your mood or a chair that gives pep talks?

  Silly hypotheticals
  a desk that adjusts to your mooda chair that gives pep talks

• 75. Would you rather name the conference rooms after snacks or after planets?

  Silly hypotheticals
  after snacksafter planets

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