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Easy · 84 questions

Easy openers. Safe for anyone.

1. If your job came with a theme song that played every time you walked into a meeting, what would it be?
2. Which snack in the break room would you fight a coworker for?
3. What was the strangest job you had before this one?
4. Imagine our team as a sitcom: who would play the lovable troublemaker?
5. Would you rather have unlimited coffee or an extra hour of lunch every Friday?
6. Which useless skill are you secretly proud of?
7. Which emoji do you overuse in work chats?
8. If you could swap desks with anyone in the world for a day, whose would you take?
9. What did you want to be when you were seven years old?
10. Coffee, tea, or chaos in a can: what fuels your mornings?
11. Describe your ideal lunch break in three words.
12. Which fictional office would you most want to work in?
13. If you had to rename our conference rooms, what theme would you pick?
14. Who is the most memorable teacher or coach you ever had?
15. What's a hobby you picked up and dropped within a month?
16. Name a movie you can quote almost line for line.
17. If you could instantly master one tool or app, which would it be?
18. What is the best piece of free swag you've ever received?
19. Early bird or night owl, and has work changed that?
20. Which season makes you most productive?
21. If your inbox were a weather forecast, what would today's report say?
22. What was your first concert?
23. Pick a superpower that would only be useful at the office.
24. What would your stage name be if you joined a band tomorrow?
25. Which city would you relocate to if remote work had zero limits?
26. How do you take your coffee, and what does that say about you?
27. What's playing in your headphones when you really need to focus?
28. Tell us about the best meal you ate this year.
29. Running a food truck, what would be on the menu?
30. Which board game turns you into a ruthless competitor?
31. What's the funniest autocorrect mistake you've sent at work?
32. Have you ever met someone famous?
33. Would you rather present to the whole company or write a twenty-page report?
34. What small thing instantly makes your workday better?
35. Which word do you always misspell no matter what?
36. If our team had a mascot, what animal should it be?
37. What's on your desk right now that has a story behind it?
38. Name a trend you absolutely refused to try.
39. Which app on your phone gets way too much of your time?
40. What would you do with a surprise day off tomorrow?
41. Mountains, beach, or city break?
42. If you could add one perk to our office, what would it be?
43. Which cartoon character are you most like on a Monday?
44. What's the most random fact you know by heart?
45. Do you have a go-to karaoke song?
46. Who would you want on your team during a zombie apocalypse, and why?
47. Weirdest food combination you actually enjoy?
48. If you wrote a memoir, what would the title be?
49. Which childhood toy would you buy again today?
50. Where is the most interesting place you've ever worked from?
51. Is a hot dog a sandwich? Defend your answer.
52. What was the last thing that made you laugh out loud?
53. Which holiday tradition do you look forward to most?
54. How many tabs are open on your browser right now, honestly?
55. If you could learn any language overnight, which would you choose?
56. What's your most controversial pizza topping opinion?
57. Tell us about a pet, past or present, that ran your household.
58. Which sport would you compete in if you magically made the Olympics?
59. What did you binge-watch most recently?
60. Would you rather have a robot assistant or a personal chef?
61. Suppose your calendar could talk: what would it complain about?
62. What's the best compliment a stranger ever gave you?
63. Share a small win from this past week.
64. Which decade's fashion would you bring back to the office?
65. Any hidden talents we should know about?
66. What's the oddest thing in your fridge right now?
67. If you had a walk-up song for meetings, what would the crowd hear?
68. Which video game from your childhood still holds up?
69. Do you name your plants, cars, or devices?
70. What's the best advice you ever got from a stranger on the internet?
71. Picture a perfect Saturday morning: what's happening?
72. Which chore would you happily outsource forever?
73. Who in history would you love to grab lunch with?
74. What's the longest you've ever waited in line for something?
75. Sweet breakfast or savory breakfast?
76. If your life had a narrator, whose voice would it be?
77. Which book have you recommended the most?
78. What's your favorite way to celebrate finishing a big project?
79. Ever had a totally wrong first impression of a place you ended up loving?
80. What small luxury do you never skip?
81. Could you survive a week without your phone?
82. Which ice cream flavor best matches your personality?
83. What is the most spontaneous trip you've ever taken?
84. Name one thing on your bucket list that surprises people.

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Personal · 83 questions

Personal, but not heavy.

1. What first drew you to the kind of work you do now?
2. Which part of your job would you do even if nobody paid you?
3. When do you feel most in the zone at work?
4. Who taught you the most about how to work with people?
5. What's a work habit you're trying to build right now?
6. How do you like to receive feedback: fast and blunt, or thoughtful and written?
7. Which project are you proudest of, and why that one?
8. What does a good day at work look like for you from start to finish?
9. Tell us about a mistake that ended up teaching you something useful.
10. Is there a skill you've been quietly hoping to use more here?
11. How do you recharge after a draining week?
12. What kind of meeting actually energizes you?
13. Which colleague from a past job still influences how you work?
14. Where did you grow up, and how does it show up in how you work?
15. What would your friends be surprised to learn about your job?
16. How has your definition of success changed over the years?
17. If you could redesign your role from scratch, what would you keep?
18. What do you wish more people knew about your part of the business?
19. Which small gesture from a coworker has stuck with you?
20. Name a book, podcast, or talk that changed how you think about work.
21. Deciding what to say no to: what's your rule?
22. What's something you're learning outside of work right now?
23. When have you felt genuinely appreciated on a team?
24. Describe a time you changed your mind about someone you worked with.
25. What's one thing that helps you trust a new teammate?
26. On days when motivation just isn't showing up, what gets you moving?
27. Which of your strengths do you think goes most unnoticed?
28. Share a tradition from your family that you still keep.
29. What part of remote or hybrid work suits you best, and what do you miss?
30. Who is someone outside of work who keeps you grounded?
31. How do you want people to feel after working with you?
32. What was the hardest transition you made in your career?
33. Tell us about a boss or mentor who believed in you early.
34. Which kind of problem do you love untangling?
35. When you're stressed, what do you need from the people around you?
36. What would you teach a class on if you had the chance?
37. How did you end up in this city or town?
38. Is there a risk you took professionally that paid off?
39. What's a value you refuse to compromise on at work?
40. Which moment from your first year in the workforce do you still remember clearly?
41. How do you celebrate progress when a project is far from done?
42. What does balance actually look like for you right now?
43. Which question do you wish people asked you more often?
44. Describe the best team you've ever been part of.
45. Before a big conversation, what's your preparation ritual?
46. What makes you laugh even on a rough day?
47. Where do your best ideas tend to show up?
48. Share something about yourself that doesn't fit on a résumé.
49. How has a hobby made you better at your job?
50. What do you hope to be known for on this team?
51. Which piece of career advice do you disagree with?
52. If you could spend a month shadowing any profession, which would it be?
53. What's something you've gotten noticeably better at this year?
54. Knowing when a project is truly finished: how can you tell?
55. Which routine keeps your week from falling apart?
56. Tell us about a moment when a stranger's kindness surprised you.
57. What kind of workspace helps you think clearly?
58. Who do you call first when you have good news?
59. How would your first manager describe you back then?
60. What's a belief about work you picked up from your parents?
61. Recall a time you felt out of your depth. How did you get through it?
62. Which accomplishment outside of work are you proudest of?
63. What does good collaboration feel like to you?
64. Being new somewhere, what kind of welcome means the most to you?
65. Which assumption do people often make about you that isn't true?
66. What change in our industry excites you most?
67. Name something you do just for yourself each week.
68. Disagreeing with someone you respect: what's your approach?
69. Share a place that feels like home even though you don't live there.
70. What kind of recognition actually means something to you?
71. When did you last feel really curious about something at work?
72. What's one thing you would tell your younger self on their first day?
73. How do you bring energy back into a meeting that's gone flat?
74. Which cause or community matters most to you?
75. In what way are you different at work than at home?
76. What helps you feel connected to a team you rarely see in person?
77. Tell us about a goal you set for yourself this year.
78. Which kind of feedback has helped you grow the most?
79. Walk us through the first ten minutes of your workday.
80. What would a dream collaboration with another team look like?
81. Who is someone at work you'd like to know better, and why?
82. What story do you tell most often about your career so far?
83. Looking back on this past quarter, what are you grateful for?

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Real Talk · 83 questions

The ones that stay with you.

1. What's a moment at work when you felt truly seen?
2. When have you felt like an impostor, and what helped you through it?
3. Which professional failure still stings a little?
4. What do you need from this team that you haven't asked for yet?
5. How did you find your way back after a period of burnout?
6. Tell us about a decision that changed the direction of your life.
7. Who do you want to make proud through your work?
8. What part of yourself do you tend to hide in professional settings?
9. When did you last ask for help, and how did it feel?
10. Which conversation at work do you wish you could redo?
11. What fear has held you back from going for something bigger?
12. How do you want this chapter of your career to be remembered?
13. Name a time you stood up for something even though it was uncomfortable.
14. What would you do differently if you knew you couldn't fail?
15. Which piece of feedback hurt at first but made you better?
16. How has a difficult season in your personal life shaped how you lead?
17. What does trust look like between you and a manager?
18. Is there a dream you set aside that still pulls at you?
19. When have you felt lonely at work, and what would have helped?
20. What kind of leader do you hope never to become?
21. Tell us about someone whose support changed your career.
22. Forgiving a colleague who let you down: what does that take for you?
23. What has work taught you about who you really are?
24. Which boundary took you the longest to learn to set?
25. If you left this job tomorrow, what would you want people to say?
26. What makes you feel safe enough to share an unfinished idea?
27. How has your relationship with ambition changed?
28. Share a moment when you realized you had outgrown a role.
29. What does meaningful work mean to you today?
30. Which compliment is hardest for you to accept?
31. When has a setback turned out to be a gift?
32. What are you still trying to prove, and to whom?
33. When your values clash with a decision above you, what do you do?
34. Which person from your past would be most surprised by where you are now?
35. What would make you feel like you truly belong here?
36. Describe the hardest goodbye you've had at work.
37. Teammates going through something hard: how do you show up for them?
38. What part of your story do people usually misunderstand?
39. When did you first feel confident in your abilities?
40. What legacy do you want to leave on the people you mentor?
41. Recall a time you had to rebuild trust after a mistake.
42. What keeps you going when the work feels invisible?
43. Which sacrifice for your career are you unsure was worth it?
44. How do you want to grow as a person, not just a professional, this year?
45. What would you say to a teammate who is quietly struggling?
46. Who was the first person who made you believe you could do this work?
47. Tell us about a time you chose people over results.
48. Which of your habits do you most want to unlearn?
49. What would a truly supportive workplace look like to you?
50. Once work gets overwhelming, what keeps your sense of self intact?
51. Is there an apology you still owe someone from a past job?
52. What change in yourself are you proudest of over the last few years?
53. When has vulnerability made a team stronger in your experience?
54. What are you carrying today that the rest of us might not see?
55. Which moment made you realize what you actually value?
56. How do you define a life well lived, beyond your career?
57. What would you risk to do work you love?
58. Share a time you felt your voice didn't matter. What changed?
59. Which lesson did you have to learn more than once?
60. What does rest honestly look like for you, and do you allow it?
61. How do you want to be supported when you make a big mistake?
62. What drives you that has nothing to do with money or titles?
63. Who in your life has taught you the most about resilience?
64. When were you braver than you expected to be?
65. What's one thing you'd change about how our team treats each other?
66. How do you stay hopeful during uncertain times at work?
67. Which unspoken expectation weighs on you the most?
68. Tell us about a turning point where you almost gave up.
69. What would you want a new hire to know about the real you?
70. How has losing something or someone changed your priorities?
71. If you could thank one former coworker right now, who would it be and for what?
72. What do you hope your work adds to the world, even in a small way?
73. Where do you feel you are still growing up?
74. Which kind of success would feel hollow to you?
75. How do you make peace with work that didn't turn out the way you hoped?
76. What's a truth about yourself you only recently accepted?
77. Name a promise you've made to yourself about how you'll work.
78. What moment on a team gave you real hope for people?
79. How can this team make it easier for you to be honest?
80. Which moment in your life are you most grateful to have survived?
81. What does courage look like in an ordinary workday?
82. If this team were your legacy, what would you want it to stand for?
83. Looking ahead a few years, what would make you proud of today's version of you?

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