ICEBREAKER QUESTIONS for work

fun icebreaker questions for team building

this article will feature 100 icebreaker questions for teams at work including funny, RANDOM, STRICTLY-BUSINESS, WOULD YOU RATHER, THIS OR THAT AND MANY MORE ICEBREAKER QUESTIONS!

Whether you are welcoming interns or new hires, hosting a team-building session or corporate event, or just need a way to brighten up your weekly meeting or huddle, our icebreaker questions can help you and your teams bond and connect.

Icebreakers, of course, help ‘break the ice’ and encourage participants to engage in a group and help them build rapport by getting to know more about each other’s thoughts, and opinions. Icebreakers are structured, which may even help shy participants, as their contribution will quickly end but they still made their voice heard. Lastly, icebreakers can help create a positive atmosphere, and show your teams that their relationships and experience at work matters, besides the work agenda.

10 Funny Icebreaker Questions

Have you ever used a pickup line on someone? If you have, did it work?
Who was your childhood celebrity crush?
What slang word or phrase is unique to your area?
Do you like reality TV? If so, what is your favorite show?
What is your best knock-knock joke?
What is your favorite recent meme or viral video?
What is your best party trick?
What is the most embarrassing fashion choice from your youth?
What jingle do you always get stuck in your head?
What is one dance move you are weirdly good at?

10 Fun Icebreaker Questions

What is the best concert you have ever been to?
If you could compete in any Olympic sport and excel, what would it be?
Have you ever had your fortune told or cards read? How was it?
What was your best Halloween costume?
What is your go-to breakfast? Is it sweet or savory?
Which movie do you think has the best soundtrack?
Who is your favorite cartoon character?
What is your skincare routine?
What was the last show you finished watching?
What is your favorite cocktail or mocktail?

10 unique Icebreaker Questions

What is your go-to karaoke song?
How often do you swap out your towel/bedsheets?
Would you rather solo travel or travel with a group of friends?
Did you have a pet growing up? What did you name it?
What did 18-year-old you think you would be doing now?
Can you play any instruments? If not, what do you wish you could play?
If you were at a trivia night, what category would you know the most about?
Have you ever performed at a talent show? If so, what was your talent?
What is the most gimmicky home or kitchen gadget you own?
If your pet could speak, what would it say about you?

10 random icebreaker questions

What is your favorite film saga?
What TV show do you think is overrated?
What is the first thing you learned how to cook?
If you could only have one sandwich for the rest of your life, what would it be?
What is the most spontaneous trip you’ve ever been on?
What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Do you prefer a cone or a cup?
What is your favorite genre of books? Fiction or non-fiction?
What is something you never leave the house without (outside of the obvious: wallet, keys, phone)?
What is one of your pet peeves?
What is your favorite fast food place?

10 Would You Rather Icebreaker Questions

Would you rather never be able to use condiments again, or never be able to add salt to your food again?
Would you rather take a month-long vacation, or have an extra day off every week?
Would you rather always be slightly too warm, or slightly too cold?
Would you rather always have wet socks or a small rock in your shoe?
Would you rather always have a full phone battery or a full gas tank?
Would you rather always be running 10 minutes late, or being 30 minutes early for everything?
Would you rather be able to travel 50 years into the past or 50 years into the future?
Would you rather be an awesome singer or a great comedian?
Would you rather be able to play all musical instruments or be able to speak every language fluently?
Would you rather be able to teleport or be able to read minds?

10 This Or That Icebreaker Questions

Spotify or Apple Music?
Starbucks or Dunkin?
Winter or summer?
Iced coffee or hot coffee?
Plays or musicals?
Soft or hard-shelled tacos?
Chrome or Safari?
Window seat or aisle seat?
Marvel or DC?
Books or movies?

10 Work-related Icebreaker Questions

What was your first job? How old were you?
How many unread emails are there in your inbox?
If you could choose someone else’s job in your team for a day, who would it be?
If you went to college, what did you study? Are you still in that career now?
If you could learn one professional skill overnight, what would it be?
How many alarms do you set in the morning? Do you get up immediately, or hit snooze?
What is the best/worst job interview you have ever had? Why is it the best/worst?
What is the weirdest icebreaker you have participated in?
What topic could you give a TED Talk about?
If you could do someone else’s job for a day, who would it be?

10 ICEBREAKER QUESTIONS for team bonding

What is the most thoughtful gift you have received/or given?
What is one piece of advice you have never forgotten?
Who is someone you look up to? Why?
What book impacted you the most?
What is your dream vacation spot?
What have you been able to tick off your Bucket List?
If you could instantly be good at something, what would it be?
When was the last time you did something out of your comfort zone? What was it?
What is a habit you carried since childhood?
What is your favorite way to relax or unwind?

10 work-related Icebreaker Questions

Have you ever had a mentor? How did they help you?
What business idea have you had but never pursued?
What is the most exciting aspect of your job?
What skill do you wish you would have learned earlier in your career?
What piece of advice would you give someone starting out in your field?
What is your proudest professional achievement to date?
Who is the most interesting or unique client you’ve had?
What is your go-to WFH ‘uniform’?
What is your morning beverage of choice?
What helps keep you productive? Do you have any special tactics?

10 If You Could Icebreaker Questions

If you could have an extra hour of free time each day, what would you use it for?
If you could only listen to one album for the rest of your life, which one would you choose?
If you could bring back any fashion trend, what would it be?
If you could become automatically fluent in another language, which one would it be?
If you could meet any celebrity, dead or alive, who would you choose?
If you could master a skill without any work, what would it be?
If you could have any animal, as a pet companion, what would you choose?
If you could travel back in time, what period would you travel to and why?
If you could have a personal robot assistant, what is one task or chore you would have them do?
If you could spend a day in a fictional world, what world would it be?

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