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10 work and study style questions to ask before teaming up

Plan early or focus near the deadline? Explore how you concentrate, collaborate and take breaks before starting a study session or a shared project.

Compare your choices in this quiz

How to use these questions

You do not have to answer everything at once. Choose independently, then share a reason or a memory. Skip anything that feels uncomfortable, and let different answers be different.

10 questions to get you talking

  1. A deadline approaches?

    Which would you choose?

    • Done early
    • Last-minute sprint
  2. Best focus time?

    Which would you choose?

    • Early morning
    • Late night
  3. Best place to focus?

    Which would you choose?

    • A quiet library
    • A buzzing café
  4. Music while working?

    Which would you choose?

    • On
    • Silence
  5. To-do lists?

    Which would you choose?

    • Written in detail
    • In my head
  6. Hard tasks first?

    Which would you choose?

    • Get them over with
    • Warm up with easy ones
  7. In a team project?

    Which would you choose?

    • The leader
    • The reliable member
  8. Work alone or together?

    Which would you choose?

    • Alone
    • Together
  9. Meetings?

    Which would you choose?

    • Short and to the point
    • Talk it through
  10. An idea strikes?

    Which would you choose?

    • Write it down
    • Remember it

Take the conversation a little further

  • What helps you when you are concentrating?
  • How should we say that a deadline is slipping?
  • What rule would make studying or working together easier?

Work and study questions

Matching on 7 out of 10 questions gives you 70%. Pick an answer that surprised you and ask what made your partner choose it.

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