This or that questions for work.
60 quick, work-appropriate this or that questions for team meetings, Zoom calls and icebreakers. Read them out loud, play them live with your team, or send any one as a free poll where your team votes, then guesses how everyone else voted.
Work style
- Early bird or night owl?Early bird · Night owl
- Work from home or work from the office?Home · Office
- Meetings or email?Meetings · Email
- Call or text?Call · Text
- To-do list or wing it?To-do list · Wing it
- Big picture or details?Big picture · Details
- Plan ahead or figure it out as you go?Plan ahead · As I go
- Deadline pressure or finish early?Deadline pressure · Finish early
- Work in silence or with music?Silence · Music
- Standing desk or sitting desk?Standing · Sitting
- Inbox zero or 4,000 unread?Inbox zero · 4,000 unread
- Camera on or camera off?Camera on · Camera off
- Slack or email?Slack · Email
- Brainstorm alone or as a group?Alone · As a group
- Paper notebook or notes app?Paper · Notes app
Office life
- Window seat or near the kitchen?Window seat · Near the kitchen
- Tidy desk or creative chaos?Tidy desk · Creative chaos
- Dark mode or light mode?Dark mode · Light mode
- Two monitors or one big one?Two monitors · One big one
- Four-day week or a shorter working day?Four-day week · Shorter day
- Team lunch or lunch at your desk?Team lunch · At my desk
- Office party or extra day off?Office party · Extra day off
- Keyboard shortcuts or mouse?Shortcuts · Mouse
- Reply-all or reply to one?Reply-all · Reply to one
- Monday morning or Friday afternoon meeting?Monday morning · Friday afternoon
- Free snacks or free parking?Free snacks · Free parking
- Open-plan office or private office?Open-plan · Private office
- Short commute or bigger home?Short commute · Bigger home
- Raise or extra vacation days?Raise · Vacation days
- Thumbs-up emoji or full sentence reply?Thumbs-up · Full sentence
Food and breaks
- Coffee or tea?Coffee · Tea
- Sweet or savoury snacks?Sweet · Savoury
- Pizza or tacos for the team lunch?Pizza · Tacos
- Breakfast or brunch?Breakfast · Brunch
- Iced coffee or hot coffee?Iced · Hot
- Lunch at 11:30 or 1:30?11:30 · 1:30
- Walk break or coffee break?Walk break · Coffee break
- Cake or cookies for birthdays?Cake · Cookies
- Pineapple on pizza: yes or no?Yes · No
- Chocolate or chips?Chocolate · Chips
Just for fun
- Beach holiday or mountain holiday?Beach · Mountains
- Cats or dogs?Cats · Dogs
- Books or podcasts?Books · Podcasts
- Movie at home or at the cinema?At home · Cinema
- Summer or winter?Summer · Winter
- Road trip or flight?Road trip · Flight
- Sunrise or sunset?Sunrise · Sunset
- City break or countryside?City · Countryside
- Superpower: fly or be invisible?Fly · Invisible
- Time travel to the past or the future?Past · Future
- Board games or video games?Board games · Video games
- Karaoke or escape room?Karaoke · Escape room
- Texts with emojis or without?With emojis · Without
- Phone on silent or ring loud?Silent · Loud
- Plan the trip or just show up?Plan it · Just show up
- Spoilers: fine or never?Fine · Never
- Socks with sandals: crime or comfort?Crime · Comfort
- Hot weather or cold weather?Hot · Cold
- Morning workout or evening workout?Morning · Evening
- Save it or spend it?Save it · Spend it
This or that questions work as icebreakers because there is no wrong answer and every answer takes two seconds. The fun part is the guessing: most people are surprised by how the room actually splits.
Questions people ask
What are good this or that questions for work?
The best ones are quick, have no right answer, and split a room roughly in half: coffee or tea, early bird or night owl, camera on or off, meetings or email. Avoid anything about politics, religion, salary or appearance.
How do you play this or that at a team meeting?
Read a question, have everyone pick a side, then reveal the split. On HTruths each person also guesses what share of the team picked the same answer, which makes even a simple question into a game.
Can I play these on Zoom or Teams?
Yes. Host a live game and share your screen, or create a poll and paste its link in the meeting chat. Everyone votes from their own phone or laptop, with no sign-up.
Should I play these live or send a poll?
Play them live when your group is together at the same time, in a room or on a call: you show each question on a screen and everyone sees the reveal together. Send them as a poll when people are in different places or on different schedules: pick up to 10 questions, share one link, and people answer whenever suits them. The poll stays open from six hours to a week.
Ready to play?
Two ways to use this list, both free with no sign-up and no player limit.