We all need a relaxing time away from our work. Sometimes the burden of deadlines makes it hard to enjoy anything else. When colleagues share their feelings and emotions with each other it creates a strong and comforting bond. But in order to create that bond you need to create an environment of familiarity.
To help you with this task and give you in-depth knowledge of your coworkers in a cool and interesting way, we have presented some fun icebreaker questions for everyone to enjoy. These are apt for personal and professional requirements giving you the best of both worlds.
Check out the interesting icebreaker questions and get to know each other better. These little moments of relaxation and thoughtful interaction can go a long way in maintaining a lively working environment.
Bunch of Ice Breaker Questions!
We have a whole list of icebreaker questions for work that will disclose one aspect of any person’s life. Keep on asking icebreaker questions and get to know more and more. Share stories to make the interaction worthy and let new bonds build up at your workplace.
Do you have a favourite plant?
If you could eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
What is the best food you have ever eaten?
Name a healthy food you enjoy and an unhealthy food that you find hard to resist.
What are you drinking right now? If nothing, what was the last thing you drank?
What movie (or book, trend, food, etc.) do you think is underrated?
What food do you love that a lot of people might find a little odd?
What are your top 3 most hated foods?
What food could you not live without?
What’s the weirdest food you’ve ever eaten?
You can only eat one food again for the rest of your life. What is it?
What is the best meal you have ever eaten?
What is the best gift you've ever given?
What is your comfort food?
What is your favourite breakfast food?
If you could eliminate one food so that no one would eat it ever again, what would you pick to destroy?
What’s your least favourite food?
Food truck or restaurant?
What is the grossest food you have ever eaten?
What strange food pairings do you love that no one else understands?
What food can you not stand?
If you could have an unlimited supply of one food or drink, what would it be?
What food will you never eat?
What is the worst food you ate?
What’s a food, smell, or sound that you associate with where you grew up?
What smell do you hate that doesn’t seem to bother other people?
Sun or moon?
Puppies or kittens?
Pizza or Chinese food?
Have you ever been a member of a sorority or fraternity?
Have you ever been on a college sports team?
Would you rather eat candy every day for a month or have no candy for a month?
Have you ever installed a doughboy pool?
Store-bought or homemade?
Would you rather be scared or make someone else scared?
Play or standup show?
What are you excited to do after work today?
Would you rather fart or burp glitter?
Predictability or excitement?
Would you rather earn more money and be busier or earn less money and have more time to yourself?
Summer or spring?
Would you rather go trick or treating or go out on a date?
Logic or emotion?
Red wine or white wine?
Photos or videos?
What shoes would you dig through your trunk, find, and never take off?
What sport would you compete in if you were in the Olympics?
What stresses you out?
What songs would be played on a loop in hell?
Would you rather go trick or treating or stay home and watch a scary movie?
Sweating or shivering?
Would you rather eat candy apples or candy corn?
Have you ever dialled a phone number and forgotten who you called?
What random stranger from your life do you think about or (even talk about) regularly?
What question do you wish people would ask you?
What are you into now that you never thought you would be into? And conversely, What’s something you used to be into that you’re not anymore?
What sort of physical exercise do you enjoy?
Pick your favourite decade. Tell us why.
Would you rather eat candy corn or marshmallows?
Private office or reserved parking spot?
Have you ever met anyone famous?
What are your favourite books to read right now?
What part of elementary school do you wish you could incorporate into your adult life? (i.e. naptime)
Would you rather give out candy or take candy?
Plans or surprises?
Pizza or tacos?
Protagonist or sidekick?
What are some of your favourite games to play?
Would you rather always be cold or always be hot?
How would you deal with the hurt of betrayal?
Regret or doubt?
Pineapple pizza or candy corn?
What slang are you really happy went out of fashion?
Swimming or building sand castles?
Pizza party or pool party?
Would you rather get married in your early twenties or late thirties?
Take a friend on your family vacation or join a friend on their family vacation.
Poor and happy or rich and miserable?
Would you rather be invisible or be able to read minds?
What animal is your favourite pet? And do you have any pets?
Sweet or sour?
Rekindled friendship or rekindled romance?
Startup or established business?
What show on Netflix did you binge-watch embarrassingly fast?
Planning or winging it?
Have you seen your favourite musician in person?
Ice cream or cake?
Physical work or mental work?
Raise or bonus?
Start work late or leave work early?
What places would you like to revisit?
Rich and famous or rich and unknown?
Would you rather eat healthier or exercise regularly?
What are your favourite social media accounts to follow?
Lions or tigers?
Success or happiness?
Don’t worry if you are stuck in remote conditions as these icebreakers can be used by anyone, anytime and anywhere. Just open your laptop, turn on your zoom calls and start with the fun round of icebreaker questions. Involve the new members and welcome them in a classic way by curating a list of some interesting icebreakers.