Get to know me questions that will help you build a vibrant remote workforce
To build lasting relationships in your remote team, you need to understand your employees better. One way to get to know more of them is through “get to know me” questions, which can be incorporated into all your Zoom meetings, virtual parties, or online team building sessions. Aside from helping remote teams break the ice during meetings, these questions also instill a sense of community into employees and help them become more reflective.
How to successfully add “get to know me” questions during virtual meetings
Get to know me questions explore the personal side of employees, and not everyone would be open to sharing. Teams should therefore build an environment where everyone feels comfortable sharing their stories - employees should not feel intimidated to share their personal journeys.
Educate teams about the benefits of engaging in such an exercise. Let them know how it can help them build self-confidence and become more self-aware.
Inform participants about the purpose of these questions: to have fun, learn more about colleagues, and build relationships at work.
Question ideas
There are many “get to know me” question ideas to explore as a remote team if you want to achieve the purpose of the activity. Here are some great ideas to get started:
Childhood and growing up
“Get to know me” questions about one’s childhood are a great way to revisit a person’s early years and understand how they grew up. This can help teams understand certain actions they take and give more meaning and context to their decisions at work. These questions can range from the person’s place of birth, their fun activities as a child, pets, childhood possessions, and favorite childhood memories to their role models and challenges growing up.
Work-related questions
Research says that the average person spends one-third of their entire life at work, so it makes perfect sense to want to know more about how they spend this precious time. Questions should involve their current jobs, how they started their journey into their field, what part of the job makes them happy, their career ambitions, and where they want to be in the next few years.
Education-related questions
Include questions about employees’ education journey: high schools, majors, the type of students they were, and their most interesting subjects. These questions give the teams the opportunity to dive deep into an employee’s educational history and probably discover their other employees who attended the same college or stayed in the same dorm.
Creative questions
Add creative questions to spark curiosity and make the entire session fun and exciting. From slang terms that are unique to them to fictional places they would want to visit, there are many creative questions to make your session less boring.
Other question ideas to use include personal interests, beliefs, motivation, love life, funny moments, parenting, family, and relationships.
