New Employee Onboarding Bingo
Help new hires meet colleagues, learn how the workplace works and feel more comfortable during their first week.
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Starting a new job can feel overwhelming, with new faces and processes to remember all at once. This bingo card turns the first week into a light-hearted scavenger hunt, giving new starters a reason to introduce themselves and explore their surroundings.
Use it alongside your normal employee induction rather than instead of it. The aim is to make the social and practical parts of onboarding easier to navigate: who to ask for help, where things are, how everyday processes work and which colleagues a new hire should get to know.
How to run this activity
Hand each new hire a card on their first day or during induction week. They tick off squares as they complete tasks or meet colleagues, asking questions naturally along the way. Set a deadline, such as end of week one, for completed cards. Offer a small prize, such as a coffee voucher, for the first person to get a line or full house.
When onboarding bingo works well
Use the activity during a new starter's first few days, as part of a group induction, or as a simple first-week challenge for one person joining an established team. It is particularly useful when a new employee needs to meet people outside their immediate team or learn practical details that can otherwise get lost in a busy induction schedule.
For remote or hybrid onboarding, replace location-based squares with prompts about people, systems and working practices that can be completed through calls, chat or the employee's normal work tools.
Full prompt list
- Find someone who works in another department
- Find someone who joined within the last year
- Find someone who can explain what their team does
- Find someone who can give you one useful first-week tip
- Find someone who knows where to get IT help
- Find someone who has worked here for more than five years
- Find someone who has worked in more than one team here
- Find someone who can explain a company acronym you’ve heard
- Find someone who knows where to find the organisation chart
- Find someone who can recommend a useful internal resource
- Find someone who works from another office or location
- Find someone who has helped onboard a colleague before
- Find someone who can explain a regular company or team meeting
- Find someone who collaborates with several different teams
- Find someone who can name one company value and give an example
- Find someone who has changed roles within the organisation
- Find someone whose work affects your team in an unexpected way
- Find someone who can introduce you to somebody useful in another team
- Find someone who knows a workplace shortcut or useful process tip
- Find someone who can tell you one thing that made their first month easier
- Find someone whose role is different from what you assumed
- Find someone you had not spoken to before today
- Find someone who knows where to get help when they are unsure who to ask
- Find someone who can tell you one thing they wish they’d known when they started
Customisation ideas
- Swap generic squares for names of real teams and tools specific to your company
- Add your office layout so new starters must find specific rooms or facilities
- Include a square for finding the best coffee spot or lunch recommendation
Frequently asked questions
Related activity guidance
If you are planning a wider induction programme rather than a single activity, explore our employee onboarding bingo guide and ideas for ways to combine a welcome activity with training, workplace familiarisation and team introductions.