💬 Icebreaker Question Generator

How to Use Icebreaker Questions at Work

• Stand-ups and big meetings: use a Quick & Easy or This or That question and let everyone answer in the chat.
• Weekly team meetings: pick one question and go round the room, or ask two or three volunteers.
• Retros and kick-offs: the Work & Team questions help people reflect and share how they like to work.
• Small groups: Getting to Know You questions lead to great conversations once people are comfortable.

Always let people pass, go first yourself to set the tone, and keep it to a few minutes. Want something more interactive? Try one of our team games or Two Truths and a Lie.

Quick & Easy Icebreaker Questions

One-sentence answers, perfect for stand-ups and big meetings.

1. What is the best thing you have eaten this week?
2. Tea, coffee or something else?
3. What is one thing on your desk that has a story behind it?
4. What was your first ever job?
5. What small thing made you smile recently?
6. Which app do you use the most on your phone?
7. Early bird or night owl?
8. What is the weather like where you are right now?
9. What did you want to be when you were ten?
10. What is the last thing you learned how to do?
11. What is your go-to snack while working?
12. What was the last film or series you really enjoyed?
13. What song have you had stuck in your head lately?
14. Sunrise or sunset?
15. What is your favourite way to spend a Saturday morning?
16. What is the most-used emoji on your phone?
17. Cats, dogs or neither?
18. What is something you are looking forward to this month?
19. What is the best thing about where you live?
20. What is your favourite season, and why?
21. Describe your weekend in three words.
22. What is one word to describe how you feel today?

Fun & Light Icebreaker Questions

Playful questions that get people laughing.

1. If you could instantly master one skill, what would it be?
2. Which fictional character would make the best colleague?
3. If our team were a band, what would we be called?
4. What is the most unusual food you have ever tried?
5. If you could have any animal as an office pet, what would you choose?
6. What would your entrance song be if you walked into every meeting with music?
7. If you could live inside any film for a week, which would it be?
8. What is a hobby you would love to try but haven't yet?
9. If you had a talk show, who would be your first guest?
10. What is the strangest thing you have ever won?
11. If you could rename yourself, what name would you pick?
12. What would be the title of your autobiography?
13. If you were a kitchen appliance, which one would you be?
14. What is your most useless talent?
15. Which three items would you take to a desert island?
16. If you could add one new holiday to the calendar, what would it celebrate?
17. What is the best costume you have ever worn?
18. If you could have dinner with any historical figure, who would it be?
19. What is the silliest thing you believed as a child?
20. If animals could talk, which would be the rudest?
21. What would you do with an extra hour every day?
22. Which superpower would be most useful at work?

Would You Rather Icebreaker Questions

Quick votes in the chat, then let a couple of people defend their choice.

1. Would you rather only work mornings or only work evenings?
2. Would you rather have a four-day week or finish at 3pm every day?
3. Would you rather be able to talk to animals or speak every language?
4. Would you rather never have another meeting or never answer another email?
5. Would you rather live in the mountains or by the sea?
6. Would you rather time travel to the past or the future?
7. Would you rather give up coffee or chocolate for a year?
8. Would you rather be the funniest or the smartest person in the room?
9. Would you rather have a personal chef or a personal driver?
10. Would you rather read minds or be invisible?
11. Would you rather work from a beach or from a cabin in the woods?
12. Would you rather always be 10 minutes early or 5 minutes late?
13. Would you rather have unlimited holidays or unlimited snacks at work?
14. Would you rather sing every time you speak or dance every time you walk?
15. Would you rather explore space or the deep ocean?
16. Would you rather only eat breakfast foods or only eat dinner foods?
17. Would you rather have a rewind button or a pause button for your life?
18. Would you rather be a famous musician or a famous athlete?

This or That Icebreaker Questions

Fastest of all: everyone types one word in the chat.

1. Beach holiday or city break?
2. Books or podcasts?
3. Pizza or burgers?
4. Call or message?
5. Sweet or savoury?
6. Mountains or ocean?
7. Films or series?
8. Summer or winter?
9. Board games or video games?
10. Notebook or notes app?
11. Window seat or aisle seat?
12. Cake or ice cream?
13. Plan everything or go with the flow?
14. Headphones or speakers?
15. Morning workout or evening workout?
16. Dark mode or light mode?

Work & Team Icebreaker Questions

Good for retros, kick-offs and getting to know how people like to work.

1. What is one thing that went well for you this week?
2. What is one tool or shortcut you couldn't work without?
3. What is the best meeting you have ever been in, and why?
4. Describe your current week in three words.
5. What is one thing you would like to learn this quarter?
6. What would you do with a completely meeting-free day?
7. What is one small change that would make our work easier?
8. Who on another team has helped you recently?
9. What is a skill you have that most of us don't know about?
10. What is the best piece of career advice you have been given?
11. What does a perfect workday look like for you?
12. When during the day do you do your best thinking?
13. What is something you are proud of from the last month?
14. What is one thing we should start, stop or continue as a team?
15. What is the most useful thing you have learned from a colleague?
16. If you could swap jobs with anyone in the company for a day, who would it be?
17. What is your favourite way to celebrate a team win?
18. What first got you interested in the work you do now?

Getting to Know You Icebreaker Questions

A little more thoughtful. Best for smaller groups who already know each other a bit.

1. What is something you have changed your mind about in the last few years?
2. What is the best decision you have made recently?
3. Who has had a big influence on the way you work?
4. What is a place that feels like home to you?
5. What is a book, talk or podcast that changed how you think?
6. What is something you are learning outside of work?
7. What is a challenge you are proud of getting through?
8. What is one thing you would tell your younger self?
9. What does a really good day look like for you?
10. What is a tradition you love?
11. What is something people often get wrong about you?
12. What is on your bucket list?

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