Onboarding scavenger hunt

[Customize!] Around the office

Find a notable spot near the office (a statue, a building, a park, a famous street) and take a photo there. (Organizers: replace this with a GPS challenge to a specific local landmark, a trivia question about your neighborhood, or a photo prompt at your favorite local lunch spot.)

[Customize!] Company origin

Take a creative photo that represents your company's founding story: the moment, the place, the first product, the founders. (Organizers: replace this with a trivia question or photo prompt about your founding year, the founders' first office, your first customer, or your earliest product.)

[Customize!] First mentor

Take a photo with the colleague your company has assigned as your buddy or mentor. (Organizers: replace this with a specific question the intern should ask their mentor before snapping the photo.)

[Customize!] First success story

Take a cohort photo at a place or with an artifact that represents an early company win (the first product, the first customer logo, the first office). (Organizers: pick the actual place, item or story and tell the cohort what they are looking for.)

[Customize!] Founders' corner

Find the spot where the company started or where the founders sit. Take a photo there. (Organizers: pick the actual desk, room or floor and tell the new hire what they are looking for.)

[Customize!] Founders' video

Take a photo or screenshot of yourself watching the founders' welcome video or a leadership intro clip. (Organizers: link to the actual video and ask for a one-line takeaway.)

[Customize!] Founders' welcome

Take a creative cohort photo that represents how your founders or leadership welcome new starters. (Organizers: replace this with a video clip from a founder, a trivia question about the founding team, or a photo prompt at a meaningful spot.)

[Customize!] Internship origin

Take a photo at the spot where the company first hired interns or where the intern program is run from. (Organizers: pick a real spot, person or moment in your intern history and tell the new intern what they are looking for.)

[Customize!] Local intern hangout

Photograph yourself at the lunch or after-work spot interns from this company traditionally go. (Organizers: name the actual place and tell the intern who to go with.)

[Customize!] Local lunch hero

Photograph the lunch place closest to the office, or the one everyone keeps recommending. (Organizers: name the actual place and ideally make it the one new hires absolutely have to try.)

[Customize!] Mission moment

As a cohort, interpret the company mission in one staged photo: each person can play a different role, prop, or symbol. (Organizers: replace this with a prompt referencing your specific mission statement, a defining customer story, or a real example of the mission in action.)

[Customize!] The boardroom story

Photograph the most "formal" room in the office (boardroom, executive meeting room, big conference room). (Organizers: replace this with a prompt about a specific moment that defined the company in that room, or send the new hire to a different room with a real story behind it.)

[Customize!] Values in your space

Photograph an item in your home that connects to one of the company values (a book, a memento, a habit, a plant). (Organizers: tie this to a specific value and explain the connection you want them to make.)

[Customize!] Virtual neighborhood

Take a screenshot of the team page, org chart or company directory with the colleagues you have met today highlighted. (Organizers: customize the asset they should screenshot, or replace with a specific intro task.)

[Customize!] What we stand for

Take a photo expressing one of your company's core values in action: a real moment, a creative interpretation, a staged scene. (Organizers: replace this with a prompt tied to a specific value, a story behind your mission, or an artifact that captures the culture.)

Background check

Take a photo of your real video-call background (no virtual backgrounds allowed). Mentally note which book you should turn around tomorrow.

Best natural light

Hunt the spot in the office with the best natural light right now. Take a photo and remember this corner for the next call you actually want to look good on.

Buddy portrait

Take a creative photo with your onboarding buddy (or whoever has been most helpful today). Make it look like a portrait, not a meeting selfie. Outdoor, lobby, against a colorful wall, your call.

Coffee for two

Make coffee for yourself and offer one to a colleague. Whether they accept or politely refuse, photograph the two cups. The gesture counts.

Coffee headquarters

Find the main coffee setup: machine, grinder, milk frother, the lot. Photograph all the equipment in one shot.

Coffee initiation

Find the coffee machine, kettle or whatever caffeine ritual lives here. Take a photo of yourself making your first drink at the company. Bonus if a colleague has to show you which button does what.

Coffee migration

Migrate the entire cohort to the coffee machine at the same time. Take a photo of the queue (and the look on the regulars' faces).

Cohort kick-off jump

Day one is here. Get the whole cohort in one shot, all jumping at the same time. Everyone needs to be off the ground or it does not count.

Cohort meeting room takeover

Pile every cohort member into one meeting room. Group photo, faces visible, smaller room is funnier.