30+ Icebreaker Questions for Your Interview

Icebreaker questions are commonly used in an interview situation to allow candidates to relax and get into the flow of the conversation.

The answers will not be over-analysed. They will contribute to a sense of who the candidate is. Answer honestly, but don’t be too controversial. In particular, avoid any answers involving politics, religion, or taboo topics.

The casual nature of icebreaker questions means that your answers can be equally relaxed (and ideally brief). Leave extensive monologues for work-related questions.

Of course, there are a thousand-and-one variants on such questions, so here are a few to give you a sense of what might be coming. In one of those little interview signs, the more imaginative the question, the more engaged the interviewer may be with a candidate. Be flattered if you get a mind-bendingly tricky one.

How would you answer these icebreaker questions? It is always good to practice….

Icebreaker questions

Which film “world” would you like to live in?

When did you last do something that scared you?

What hobby have you always wanted to try?

Which song best describes your career?

What is the most important trait of an ideal boss?

If you were any animal, which would you be and why?

Which sort of memes make you pause on socials?

Which Lord of the Rings character would you be?

If you could only have one mobile app, what would it be?

What is the thing that you have regretted most?

What would your epitaph say?

Describe your best friend at work.

Tell me something about you that no one would guess.

Which workplace tasks make you turn cold?

How would you explain your job to a child?

How do you spend a typical weekend?

Tell me about something that changed your values.

Where would you like to be in seven years?

Would you rather be a fish or a bird?

If you didn’t have to work, what would you do?

Would you rather be criticized or ignored?

Tell me about yourself in one word.

What word would describe your ideal job?

When did you last tell a lie? Why did you do it?

What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?

What is your biggest weakness?

Why will I enjoy working with you?

How are you feeling at the moment?

What would you do with a time machine?

What would your worst enemy say about you?

Why do you want this position?

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Written by former recruitment ghostwriter Paul Drury (not AI).