Onboarding scavenger hunt

Cohort superlatives

Vote on cohort superlatives ("most likely to stay late", "first to lead a project", "most snacks consumed"). Photograph the winner of the funniest category mid-acceptance speech.

Color theme day

As a cohort, agree on one color. Tomorrow, everyone wears something in that color. Take a group photo to prove it.

Cross-functional explorers

Each cohort member finds one colleague from a department different from theirs. Bring all those colleagues into one shared photo. The wider the spread of teams, the better.

Cross-functional handshake

Find a colleague from a department completely different from yours (engineering meets finance, sales meets ops, design meets HR). Take a photo together that captures the contrast.

Department dispatch

Each cohort member visits a different department for five minutes and takes a photo with someone from that team. Regroup and lay all the photos side by side.

Emergency snack

Locate the snack stash you will rely on for the rest of your internship. Photograph the inventory before someone else raids it.

End-of-day cohort photo

Big group photo of the cohort at the end of the first day. Each person shares a one-word reaction to day one. Write the words next to the photo.

End-of-day notebook

Photograph the page in your notebook (or a screenshot of your digital notes) with everything you learned today.

Fact frenzy

Discover one surprising fact about every other person in the cohort. Write them all on a whiteboard, sticky notes or a piece of paper, then photograph the result.

Fellow intern

Find another intern on site. Take a photo together. If you are the only intern in the building, befriend the youngest-looking employee instead.

Fellow remote

Find another fully remote teammate. Schedule a 10-minute virtual coffee chat. Take a screenshot of the call (with permission).

Fire exit walk

Locate the nearest fire exit from your desk. Walk the route, photograph the door from the inside. Knowing this is genuinely useful.

First aid spot

Find the first aid kit. Photograph its location (no rummaging through the contents). One day this knowledge will matter.

First call selfie

During your first video call with your manager (or buddy), take a quick selfie of the screen. Make sure your face and theirs are both visible.

First teacher

Take a photo with the first person who taught you something today, big or small. Write down what they taught you so you remember it next week.

First-day desk selfie

Take a selfie at your new desk on day one. Looking slightly unsure is allowed and encouraged. This will be the "before" photo you laugh at in a year.

First-day ID

Take a photo of your fresh ID badge, lanyard or visitor sticker. The first official "you work here" moment.

First-task photo

Photograph the first real task you completed today, no matter how small. Even if it is just a doc you wrote your name on.

Gear of choice

Photograph your favorite remote-work item: the headphones, the second monitor, that one ergonomic mouse you bought after your wrist gave up.

Hidden meeting room

Find the most tucked-away or hardest-to-find meeting room. Take a photo from the doorway (or inside if it is empty). Bonus if it has a strange name.

Home office reveal

Take a photo of your home office setup on day one. Show off the desk, the chair, the cable mess. The honest version, not the "ready for a video call" version.

Kitchen detail shot

Photograph the kitchen with as many small details visible as possible: mugs, magnets, snacks, a sad lone banana. The more clutter the better.

Lunch crew

Have lunch with at least two colleagues you had not met before this morning. Take a group photo of the spread, the people and your sad sandwich all in one shot.

Lunch tribes

Split the cohort across different lunch tables. No two cohort members at the same table. Each person takes a photo of their group, then combine the shots into one collage.