Onboarding scavenger hunt

Lunch wherever

Photograph your lunch wherever you happen to be eating it: couch, balcony, kitchen, in front of the screen. Honesty is the only rule.

Meeting room hop

Photograph yourself in three different meeting rooms in one day. Different rooms, different poses. Try the smallest room and the largest room if you can find them.

Mid-day status

At exactly midday, take a selfie with one word that describes how it is going so far. Write it next to the photo.

Mystery role

Find a colleague whose job title you do not yet understand. Ask them to explain what they actually do in one sentence, then take a photo together.

Name circle

Stand in a circle as a cohort. Each person introduces themselves with their name and one surprising fact. Photograph the moment someone shares the most unexpected one.

Office mascot hunt

Hunt for the unofficial office mascot: a stuffed animal, a plant with a name, an inside-joke artifact. Group photo of the cohort with it.

Office wildlife

Find an office pet, mascot or recurring decoration that has a name (the plant, the rubber duck, the haunted printer). Photograph it.

Onboarding doc deep-dive

Take a screenshot of the onboarding doc, wiki page or handbook section you are reading right now. Highlight the most surprising line.

Out-of-office walk

Take a photo on a walk between meetings. Yes, you are allowed to leave the house. Yes, fresh air is good for you.

Personalized desk

Hunt down the most personalized desk you can find: decorations, framed photos, a wall of stickers, a small army of action figures. Take a photo, then ask the owner why they picked one specific item.

Plant patrol

Every office has at least one plant (or one very lonely cactus). Find the most photogenic one and take a portrait of it as if it is the cover of a magazine.

Reception starting point

Start the tour at reception. Take a photo of the entrance from the inside, the way an arriving visitor would never see it.

Screen-share moment

Have a colleague show you something on their screen during a call (a tool, a doc, a feature). Screenshot the moment they are explaining.

Shadow shot

Sit in on a meeting today. After it ends, take a photo of the whiteboard, doc or notes that came out of it (no faces unless the room agrees).

Sign-off shot

End-of-day photo: laptop closed, lights at the angle you like, the unmistakable "I am off the clock" pose. The remote equivalent of leaving the building.

Signature wall

Find a wall, board, notebook or guestbook where employees leave a mark (a name, a Polaroid, a sticker). Add yours and photograph the result.

Silent zone

Locate the silent room, focus room or phone booth. Photograph it (door open, please). Mark it on your mental map.

Snack discovery

Find the unofficial "best snack" in the office: a candy drawer, fruit bowl, sneaky cookie stash, fancy chocolate someone brought back from a trip. Take a photo of it (and yourself with it).

Snack on screen

Take a photo of yourself eating something during a meeting (politely off-camera optional). Coffee or water counts in a pinch.

Sticky wisdom

Find a whiteboard, sticky note wall or any surface covered in handwritten team thinking. Take a photo. Bonus if you can decipher one of the notes and explain what it means.

Supervisor in the wild

Take a photo of your supervisor in their natural habitat: at their desk, mid-explanation, mid-coffee. Permission required, hidden camera not allowed.

Supply stash

Locate the office supply stash: pens, post-its, notebooks, the ergonomic mouse pads. Take a photo of it open.

Surprise cameo

If a roommate, partner, kid or pet has wandered into a call today, capture the moment. If your home is suspiciously quiet, photograph your loneliest plant instead.

The advice scroll

Collect one piece of advice from three different colleagues. Write them down on paper or sticky notes, photograph the trio.