Maybe you’re brand new on your team. Or, maybe you’ve been around for a while, but you’ve realized that you really don’t know all that much about the people you work with. Either way, it’s time to pull out some get-to-know-you questions.

Don’t groan quite yet! There are plenty you can ask your team members that don’t involve those clichés that everybody is sick of answering. After all, does anybody really care about your packing preferences for that hypothetical desert island?