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Work icebreaker questions by team situation

Pick the set that fits your team: a new team, a group meeting online, or a room that mixes leaders and new hires. Each set has questions to read aloud, with directions and timings.

3 sets · 84 questions for work groups

Which set fits your team?

If two fit, choose the one that helps everyone take part.

  • Team stage

    New team

    Is the group newly formed or starting a new project together?

    For a team that has just formed or is starting a project: light questions that show how everyone likes to work, with nothing personal to share.

    29 questions

  • Working setting

    All-remote group

    Will the activity happen through chat, audio, or a shared document?

    For a group meeting on video, in a chat or in a shared document: every question can be answered by speaking, typing or a reaction, and anyone can pass.

    29 questions

  • Seniority mix

    Mixed seniority

    Could job level or specialist status decide whose answer is heard?

    For a room that mixes managers, specialists and new hires: questions where nobody's job title gives them the best answer.

    26 questions

Not sure which to choose?

Each set solves a different problem.

New team

Choose the remote set instead if the meeting is online, or the mixed set if job level might decide who speaks first.

New workplace teams and newly formed project groups. Keep the first round about working together now, not anyone's life story. Anyone can pass, and that's a full answer.

All-remote group

Choose the new-team set if everyone is in one room, or the mixed set if seniority matters more than distance.

Distributed teams, online classes, and remote workshops. Every activity works in the chat, by voice, or in a shared document. Anyone can pass, and that's a full answer.

Mixed seniority

Choose the new-team set for a group of peers, or the remote set if the main challenge is meeting online.

Groups with managers, specialists, new hires, and support staff. Pick activities where the most senior person doesn't automatically have the best answer. Anyone can pass, and that's a full answer.