This get to know employees questionnaire asks what a manager can use: how someone likes to be thanked, their coffee order, when they focus best and what they want to learn. Every question is optional and stays off personal life.
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A get to know your staff questionnaire for a whole team
Thanks and recognition and Treats and small gifts are the two groups a manager uses most. How you work best answers the questions that save a month of guessing, such as How do you like to be reached for something quick?
Tips
Keep the sheets somewhere private and use them only for thanks, treats and teamwork.
Read the answers at a one-to-one, not in a team meeting.
Questions and answers
What should you ask on a get to know you questionnaire at work?
Questions a team can act on: how the person likes to be thanked, a snack for their desk, when they focus best, how they like feedback and what they want to learn next.
What should it leave out?
Anything about age, family, religion, health, diet restrictions, pay or politics, and the answers often used as account security questions. None of these 60 asks for them.
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Do you prefer thanks in front of the team or one to one?One to one. A quick note after a meeting means more to me than a shout-out.
How do you like to hear about a mistake you made?Privately, the same day, with the fix if there is one.
How would you like a work anniversary to be marked?Quietly. A card is plenty.
What happens on a work day you would call a win?One hard problem solved and time to help someone else.
What is a piece of praise you still remember?A manager once said my notes saved the project. I kept the email.
What kind of feedback helps you most?Specific and soon, with one thing to try next time.
What small reward would make a long week feel better?A coffee I did not have to make, or leaving an hour early on a Friday.
What would you like teammates to come to you for?Being the one who finishes things.
Which of your skills do you wish people noticed more?Untangling messy spreadsheets.
Who is someone at work you would like to thank, and why?The person who set up my laptop on day one without being asked.
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Treats and small gifts 10
Cake, cookies or fruit for a team celebration?Cookies, so nobody has to cut anything.
If someone brought you a hot drink, what should it be?Oat latte, no sugar. Or peppermint tea after lunch.
If the team ordered lunch, what would you hope for?Tacos or a big salad bowl.
Sweet treat or salty snack for the team table?Salty. Pretzels win every time.
What is a snack that would brighten your afternoon?Anything with dark chocolate.
What is your favorite way to celebrate a team win?A long lunch together.
What kind of book or magazine would you enjoy as a small gift?Anything about travel or old maps.
What small desk gift would you actually use?A good pen or a small plant that is hard to kill.
What would you pick if the team treated you to an afternoon out?Bowling, then pizza.
Which flower, plant or color would cheer up your desk?A small green succulent.
How you work best 10
Do you prefer to plan ahead or figure it out as you go?Plan ahead, then adjust.
Do you work better with quiet or with some background noise?A little noise. Silence makes me restless.
How do you like instructions: written down, shown, or talked through?Shown once, then written down for later.
How do you like to be reached for something quick?A short message. Calls for anything longer than two lines.
How do you prefer to share ideas: in a meeting or in writing first?Writing first, so I can think it through.
How much notice do you like before a meeting about something big?A day, with the question written down.
What helps you get back on track after an interruption?A written to-do list I can glance at.
What is one tool or habit that keeps you organized?A paper notebook and a weekly list on Mondays.
What should a new teammate know about working with you?I ask a lot of questions early so I can work alone later.
Which hours of the day are your sharpest?Before ten in the morning.
Strengths and growth 10
What are you better at than most people expect?Explaining technical things in plain words.
What is a problem at work you would love to solve?Reports that are made twice by two teams.
What kind of task drains you fastest?Long meetings with no decision at the end.
What kind of task gives you energy?Fixing something that has been broken for a long time.
What part of your job would you happily teach someone else?Setting up a clean filing system.
What support would help you grow in this role?A monthly half hour with someone more experienced.
Where would you like to be in your role a year from now?Leading one small project on my own.
Which course or training would you sign up for tomorrow?Public speaking without notes.
Which project are you proudest of so far?Moving our old records into one system in a month.
Who at work would you like to learn from?Someone in sales, to see how they explain our product.
Fun facts 10
What is a fun fact the team could use in a quiz about you?I once met a penguin at an aquarium behind the scenes.
What is a hidden talent the team would not guess?I can whistle with two fingers.
What is a hobby you could talk about for ten minutes?Baking bread. I have a starter with a name.
What is a job you did once that nobody here would guess?Painting lines on a sports field.
What is something you are learning outside work?Guitar, slowly.
What should the whole team read, watch or listen to?A podcast about how everyday things are made.
What would your perfect weekend include?A farmers market, a nap and a board game.
Where would you go on a day off with no plans?A long walk and a museum.
Which everyday skill do you wish came naturally to you?Drawing people so they look like themselves.
Which place would you go back to tomorrow if you could?A week walking along a coast path.
Team life 10
How do you like to welcome a new teammate?Show them where the good coffee is.
How would you like to celebrate a big team deadline?Take the afternoon off together.
Lunch with the team or a quiet lunch break?Team lunch on Fridays, quiet the rest of the week.
What is a team rule you would add?No meetings on Friday afternoons.
What is one thing that makes a team meeting good?It ends early when the work is done.
What is your favorite kind of icebreaker, if any?Quick ones, like this or that. No long speeches.
What should we never do at a team party?Make people speak without warning.
What small weekly habit would make this team better?A Friday photo of whatever everyone is working on.
What team outing would you enjoy most?A cooking class or an escape room.
What would you like to hear about in a weekly team update?Who needs help, and what went well.
How this list was compiled: Written for this site on 2026-09-23 by the gamenightgenerator editors: 60 questions a manager or team can hand to a new or current employee, each with an invented sample answer that describes nobody. Own work; nothing was copied from another site, and no question repeats one on this site's all about me sheet. Screen: nothing touches race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability or genetic information, the characteristics listed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (https://www.eeoc.gov/prohibited-employment-policiespractices, read 2026-09-23); nothing asks about health, diet restrictions, family, pay, politics or alcohol; and no question asks for a first pet, a school, a street, a birthplace or a date of birth, which are common account-security answers (OWASP cheat sheet on security questions, https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Choosing_and_Using_Security_Questions_Cheat_Sheet.html). Every question is optional. The screen describes how the list was written; it is not legal advice. Licence: own work