Get to Know You Questions
Small facts about a person, one card at a time, from a hometown to a secret hideout.
- Time
- 10–30 min
- Players
- Two or more people
- Best for
- New teams, clubs and family visits
- Deck
- 150 questions in 6 categories
How to use these get to know you questions
- Pick a category from the menu under the card, or keep “All categories”.
- Read the top card aloud and let everyone answer it, going around the group.
- Swipe the card away, or tap “Next question”, for the next one. Questions do not repeat until you have seen the whole category.
- Tap the heart to save a question on this device, or tap “Make a 10-question list” for a list you can copy.
When to ask get to know you questions
Get to know you questions fit any moment when people know each other’s names but little else. Each card asks for a small, easy fact, so nobody has to think hard or share anything private to join in.
The first week at a new job
A few cards from Basics and background and School and work help a new team learn who has moved the most and who still remembers their science fair project.
A new team or club
Everyday habits and Favorites at the start of a meeting show who is up at dawn and who wants takeout every Friday, with nothing too personal.
Visiting relatives
Growing up gets grandparents, aunts and cousins telling stories about bedtimes and summers that nobody else at the table has heard.
Ways to use get to know you questions
Partner interviews
In a new team or a club, pair people up and give each pair three cards. Partners ask each other all three, then each person introduces the other to the group using one answer from every card.
Guess first, then ask
With just two of you, the reader guesses the other person’s answer out loud before asking the question. A right guess and a surprise are both good news: either way you learn something.
Pick who answers next
Around a dinner table or on a video call, whoever answers a card reads the next one and chooses who answers it. Everyone gets a turn without a fixed order, and nobody waits long.
Tips for a good round
- With people who have just met, start with Basics and background or Favorites, and move to Growing up and Plans and dreams once everyone has relaxed.
- Anyone can pass or draw a different card. A one-word answer is a fine answer.
- Ask one follow-up, like “what was that like?”, before moving on. Short answers often turn into the best stories that way.
All 150 get to know you questions by category
The complete list, grouped by category. The cards above draw from the same list, so you can read ahead here and play there.
Basics and background
Names, hometowns, family and the first facts people swap when they meet.
- Does your first name have a meaning, or were you named after someone?
- Does anyone ever mispronounce your name, and how do you set them straight?
- Which town or city have you lived in the longest?
- How many different homes have you lived in so far?
- Are you the oldest, the youngest, somewhere in the middle, or an only child?
- What is your hometown known for, even if only the locals know it?
- Which three words would your closest friend use to describe you?
- Which month is your birthday in, and what’s the weather usually like that day?
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- Do you have a pet? If not, which one would you get?
- How many languages can you say “hello” in, and which ones?
- What’s a fun fact about you that never seems to come up?
- How would you describe your neighborhood to someone who has never been there?
- Which trip took you the longest to get to, and how did you travel?
- Which object in your room says the most about who you are?
- Who in your family are you most alike, and in what way?
- Is there a hobby or talent that runs in your family?
- What can you see from the window you look out of most often?
- How long have you lived in the place you live now?
- Who else lives in your home with you, pets included?
- Are you left-handed or right-handed, and can you write at all with the other hand?
- When someone asks where you’re from, what’s the short answer and what’s the long one?
- How would you introduce yourself in one sentence to a room full of strangers?
- What’s your middle name, if you have one, and do you like it?
- What’s the question people ask you most often, and what’s your answer?
- Are you more of a talker or a listener when you meet new people?
Favorites
Foods, days, places and pastimes each person likes best, one small pick at a time.
- Which meal of the day do you look forward to most, and what’s usually on the plate?
- Handed a bowl of mixed fruit, which piece do you grab first?
- How do you build your perfect sandwich, from the bread up?
- Is there a number that has always felt like yours? Which one, and why?
- What’s your favorite room at home, and where do you sit in it?
- Which sport do you most enjoy watching or playing?
- On a cold day, what do you most want in your mug?
- Which holiday is your favorite, and what’s the best part of it?
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- What’s your favorite day of the week, and what makes it good?
- Given one free hour with nothing planned, what do you usually do?
- What music goes on while you cook or clean?
- At a zoo or a farm, which animal do you visit first?
- Mystery, adventure, funny or spooky: which kind of story do you reach for?
- What’s your go-to ice cream flavor, and do you ever switch it up?
- Which flower, tree or plant do you like most?
- What do you love most about the season we’re in right now?
- Which joke or riddle do you tell whenever someone asks for one?
- Crosswords, word searches, jigsaws or number puzzles: which do you enjoy most?
- What do you most love to bake, or to eat when someone else bakes?
- In a museum, which room do you head to first: dinosaurs, art, space or something else?
- At a fair or festival, what’s the first thing you go looking for?
- When you get takeout, what do you order most often?
- Which cartoon character would you most like as your next-door neighbor?
- Window seat, aisle seat or front seat: where do you like to sit when you travel?
- What do you enjoy most at a beach, a lake or a pool?
Everyday habits
Mornings, meals, chores and bedtimes: how a normal day actually goes.
- What’s the very first thing you do after you wake up?
- How long does it take you to get ready in the morning, honestly?
- Do you eat breakfast sitting down, on the go, or not at all?
- Do you do the dishes right after a meal, or let them wait a while?
- On the way to work, do you listen to something or enjoy the quiet?
- What time do you usually go to bed on a work night?
- Do you sleep better with the window open, a fan running or total quiet?
- Do you hang your towel, fold it, or leave it wherever it lands?
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- How often do you tidy your room: every day, every week, or when something goes missing?
- Do you walk fast or slow when you’re not in a hurry?
- What do you usually do while you’re waiting in a long line?
- Are you the type to arrive early, right on time, or a little late?
- On a slow afternoon, what do you reach for first: a snack, a nap or a walk?
- How do you keep track of birthdays and plans: a calendar, sticky notes or memory?
- What does your desk or work space look like right now?
- Where does your phone sleep at night: next to your bed or somewhere else?
- How is your weekend morning different from a weekday one?
- At home, do your shoes come off at the door or stay on inside?
- Where do you always keep your keys, and do they actually stay there?
- Which job around the house is usually yours?
- How much of a normal day do you spend outside?
- Who does most of the cooking where you live, and how often is it you?
- At the grocery store, do you stick to a list or wander every aisle?
- Do you pick out tomorrow’s clothes the night before or in the morning?
- What’s one small thing you do every single day without fail?
Growing up
Childhood rooms, rules, summers and the kid each person used to be.
- What did your bedroom look like when you were about eight?
- Did you share a room growing up, and what was that like?
- Which chore were you in charge of as a kid?
- What was dinner like at your house on a Friday night when you were young?
- Which game did your family play in the car on long drives?
- What were you first allowed to do on your own, and how old were you?
- Did you have a stuffed animal or blanket you carried everywhere? What was its name?
- What was the street or building you grew up on like?
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- Which neighbor or family friend do you remember best from when you were little?
- What was the first thing you ever learned to cook?
- How did you spend a snow day or a rainy day off from school?
- What was the big craze at school when you were ten: a toy, a game or a saying?
- How did you earn your first bit of spending money?
- What did you used to carry around in your pockets: rocks, shells, stickers or something else?
- Who taught you to ride a bike or swim, and how did it go?
- What did you do on the last day of school before summer?
- What was your bedtime as a kid, and did you ever stay up past it?
- Which costume from when you were a kid do you still remember?
- Was there a rule in your house growing up that your friends’ houses didn’t have?
- Which shop or place in town did you love visiting when you were small?
- Did you walk, bike or ride the bus to school as a kid, and who went with you?
- What did you love to draw or write about as a kid?
- What’s your very first memory, as far back as you can go?
- Which tree, fort or corner was your secret hideout as a kid?
- Where did you spend most of your summers as a kid?
School and work
Jobs, projects, school days and what fills a weekday now.
- Which school subject was hardest for you, and did it ever click?
- If you get to choose, where do you sit in a meeting or a training session?
- Which project at school or work are you proudest of?
- What does a normal workday look like for you, start to finish?
- What would your coworkers say you’re the go-to person for?
- How do you get ready for an important day at work?
- In a group project, do you like to lead, research, make it look nice or present?
- How do you take notes: neat and color-coded, or scribbles only you can read?
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- What did you make for a science fair, or what would you make now?
- What’s the best thing about the place where you work?
- Which cafeteria lunch was worth getting in line early for?
- Do you work better alone, with one partner, or on a big team?
- Which subject would you add to every school if you could?
- What’s a word from your job that people outside it wouldn’t understand?
- Which school you went to felt most like yours, and why?
- Who was the first person you got to know at your current job?
- Which school event did you look forward to all year, like a sports day, a play or a fair?
- What’s an award, ribbon or certificate you’re still a little proud of?
- Which part of your workday goes by the fastest?
- Which school supplies do you still love buying, like new pens or notebooks?
- Do you finish tasks early, or work best close to the deadline?
- If you could teach one class at your workplace, what would it be about?
- Which language, instrument or sport have you taken lessons in?
- Looking back, which year of school was your favorite?
- Which office or workspace would you redesign first, and what would you change?
Plans and dreams
Things to build, try, join and see, this year and further ahead.
- Which day coming up are you counting down to right now?
- Where would you love to live one day: a city, a small town or out in the country?
- Is there a record or personal best you’d like to beat?
- What would you name a pet you hope to have someday?
- If someone gave you a workshop and a whole summer, what would you build?
- What have you started that you want to finish this year?
- What kind of small business would you love to run someday?
- Which skill would you like to be able to teach someone else one day?
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- Is there a team, club or group you’d like to join next?
- What big event would you love to help organize someday, like a fair or a race?
- Where would you like to go on your next day trip?
- Which grown-up thing do you look forward to doing, or are you glad you can do now?
- Which older relative or neighbor would you like to learn a skill from, and what skill?
- If your friends could all go on one trip together, where would you go?
- What’s the next thing you want to learn to fix or repair yourself?
- What’s something you’d like to make for someone else this year?
- Which contest would you like to enter someday, like a spelling bee or a bake-off?
- What’s one goal you’d write on a sticky note for next year?
- What would a letter to yourself, opened a year from now, say?
- What’s something you’re saving up for, or would like to?
- If you could take a class in anything next year, what would you sign up for?
- What’s one thing on your to-do list that you’re actually excited about?
- What would you like to see invented in your lifetime?
- What job can you picture yourself doing in ten years, even if it changes later?
- Which sport, game or event would you love to see in person someday?
Frequently asked questions
How many get to know you questions are there?
There are 150 questions, 25 in each of six categories: basics and background, favorites, everyday habits, growing up, school and work, and plans and dreams. The cards and the list on this page use the same set.
Are there get to know you questions for couples?
Yes. First date questions are written for two people getting to know each other over coffee or dinner, and questions for couples go on to deeper and more romantic topics. The questions on this page have no romance in them, so they fit any group.
Are these questions okay for a new team at work?
Yes. Every card is about names, homes, food, hobbies or plans, with nothing private, so a new coworker can answer any of them without feeling put on the spot. Favorites and Everyday habits make an easy start to a first team meeting.
What should we play after get to know you questions?
Try two truths and a lie. Each player says three things about themselves and the others guess which one is made up, and the facts you just heard become useful clues.