Best Get To Know Me Questions

Whether you’re trying to learn more about yourself or someone else, you’ll have to ask a lot of questions.

The following “get to know you” questions are designed so you can get to know someone better (this someone could be you). You can either go through the whole list or pick the ones that inspire you the most.

The list includes “easy questions” as well as deeper ones. In the beginning, the questions are easier to answer, and as you’re getting more and more comfortable, the questions are going to get more personal.

How to Use the Get to Know me Questions

There’s no definite process to use the get to know me questions. You can ask them in order, pick a category, or choose the ones that trigger your curiosity.

If you’re using the following questions for yourself, you can use them as journal prompts too.

Get to Know Me Questions: Ice Breakers

1. It’s your last day on Earth, tell me about your last meal.
2. How do you imagine the perfect day?
3. What was your favorite movie growing up, and why?
4. If you could have a superpower, which one would it be?
5. Shower or bath?
6. You have 24 hours to spend one million dollars, how do you spend it?
7. Would you rather have no nose or no ears?
8. What did you have for breakfast?
9. Where is the coolest place you’ve ever been?
10. Who would you spend your last day with?

Get to Know Me Questions: Funny

1. What would be your superhero name?
2. Create a new scent for a perfume.
3. What’s your secret talent?
4. If you could animate an object, which one you would pick?
5. Tell me about the time you messed up a recipe.
6. What is the most ridiculous thing you’ve ever believed?
7. What’s your secret unpopular opinion?
8. If you could erase a day in the week, which one would you pick, and why?
9. Where would you go if you could be invisible for one hour?
10. If you could have an object tied to your left hand, which one would you pick?

Get to Know Me Questions: Childhood

1. What’s your earliest memory?
2. What was your craziest dream as a child?
3. Tell me about your first day at school.
4. What was your favorite family tradition?
5. What was your favorite thing to do growing up?
6. What was your favorite book during your childhood?
7. Who was your hero/idol growing up?
8. Tell me about your best friend during elementary school.
9. How was your relationship with your parents growing up?
10. Where did you grow up?

Get to Know Me Questions: Teenagehood

1. Tell me about your first kiss.
2. What was your favorite class, and why?
3. What kind of music did you listen to?
4. How was your first driving lesson?
5. What challenges did you experience as a teenager?
6. Tell me about a school project you did.
7. Which teacher do you remember the most?
8. Did you ever skip school? What happened?
9. What is a defining moment from your teenagehood?
10. Tell me about an embarrassing moment from your teenagehood.

Get to Know Me Questions: Adult Life

1. Tell me about your career.
2. How do you imagine your life in 5 years?
3. What is your biggest accomplishment?
4. What do you do for fun?
5. What do you do to relax?
6. How do you imagine the perfect home?
7. Who’s your best friend today? Why?
8. How often do you call your parents?
9. How do you stay motivated at work?
10. Are you where you imagined you would be at this stage in your life?

Get to Know Me Questions: Work

1. What’s your biggest challenge at work?
2. How’s your relationship with your boss?
3. How are the relationships with your colleagues?
4. How you eat at work or do you eat out?
5. What would you do if you were the boss?
6. Have you ever gotten a promotion at work?
7. How do you imagine the perfect retirement?
8. What do you do during lunch hour?
9. What’s your opinion of overtime?
10. Name 3 things you would like to do to improve your work environment.

Get to Know Me Questions: Love

1. Tell me about your first long-term relationship.
2. How do you know if you love someone?
3. What are your 3 main values?
4. Have you ever cheated?
5. How would you describe a healthy relationship?
6. How would you describe a toxic relationship?
7. What did you learn in your previous relationship?
8. What are 3 things that are important to you?
9. Do you believe in love at first sight?
10. What is an ideal date night for you?

Get to Know Me Questions: Together

1. What do we have in common?
2. What do you think we would fight about?
3. What do you like the most about us?
4. What should I know about you?
5. What are our common interests?
6. What are our common values?
7. Complete the sentence: “We both want…”
8. Complete the sentence: “The first thing I noticed about you…”
9. What was your first impression of me?
10. Complete the sentence: “I’d like you to know…”

Get to Know Me Questions: Getting Personal

1. If you knew that you’d die in the next 3 months, what would you do? Would you do anything differently?
2. Name three things you don’t usually tell someone you’ve just met.
3. What does friendship means to you?
4. What is the most terrible moment of your life?
5. What is the most beautiful moment of your life?
6. When was the last time you cried, and what happened?
7. What’s your biggest regret?
8. What’s your biggest fear?
9. What drives you crazy?
10. Tell me what failure means to you.

Get to Know Me Questions: Parenting

1. What values do you want to teach your kids?
2. What are 3 rules you would want to have at home?
3. How would you deal with kids who skip school?
4. What is your ideal quality time with family?
5. What family tradition would you like to have?
6. What activities would you like to do with the kids?
7. What holidays would you like to have with the kids?
8. What scares you about teenagehood?
9. What are the things you need help with as a parent?
10. How will you show love to our kids?

Final Thoughts

We hope you managed to learn more about yourself or someone else. The best way to make a real connection with people is to be vulnerable and to build trust. These “get-to-know-me” questions are designed in a way so you can get more and more personal.