Interview Questions

Introductory Questions for Every Interviewee:

1. What pets do you have?
2. Why did you get your pet?
3. Where did you get it from?
4. How long have you had your pet(s)?
5. What do you like about your pet(s)?
6. What things do you need to buy for your pet?
7. What sort of maintenance do you have to do for your pet?
8. What pets have you had in the past?
9. What pets would you like to have in the future?
10.What kind of pet would you not consider getting? Why?
11.What is the most exotic pet youve seen?

Questions for Exotic Pet Owner:

1. What sort of pet do you have?
2. Why did you decide to get your pet?
3. How long have you had your pet?
4. What sort of pets have you had in the past?
5. How much do you spend on your pets in a month?
6. What do you like about your pet(s) the most?
7. If you had the choice, what other pet would you get?
8. Where did you get your pet from?
9. Have you, or would you, ever consider breeding your pet?
10.What sort of maintenance do you have to do for your pet?

Questions for Shelter Worker:

1. How long have you worked in this pet shelter?
2. What made you want to become a volunteer?
3. Whats your favourite part of your voluntary work?
4. What sort of pets do you look after here at the pet shelter?
5. How many pets do you look after?
6. How many people work in this shelter?
7. How much does it cost to look after one pet in a month?
8. How many donations do you receive in a month?
9. Is this enough?
10.What would you change about your role as a shelter worker?
11.Have you ever adopted a pet from this, or any other, pet shelter?

Interview question for a pet shop Manager:

1. How long have you been a manager at this shop?
2. What made you want to work here?
3. Do you sell any pets at this pet shop?

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If so what pets do you sell?

What would you say is the most popular pet you sell?
How many different pets do you sell?
What different products for pets do you sell?
What are the most popular items you sell?
Do you find that any of your pets are hard to sell? Why do you think this
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10.Why pets do you think take the most work to maintain and take care of?
11.Are there any months that you sell products than others?
12.What pet products are the most expensive?
13.Why do you think people buy pets?
14.What do you think is the average cost of keeping a pet?
15.Which pet do you think is the most expensive to keep?
16.Do you have any pets yourself?
17.Why did you get your pet?
18.Where did you get it from?
19.How long have you had your pet(s)?
20.What things do you need to buy for your pet?
21.What sort of maintenance do you have to do for your pet?
22.What pets would you like to have in the future?
23.What kind of pet would you not consider getting? Why?
24.What is the most exotic pet youve seen?

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What pets do you own?

Whats the name of your pet?
Why did you choose the pet that you own?
What do you like about your pet?
If you could have any pet, what would it be?
What pet would you definitely not want to own?

Breeder Questions:
1. What pets do you have?
2. Why did you get your pets?
3. Where did you them from?
4. How long have you had your pet(s)?
5. What do you like about your pet(s)?
6. What are the names of your dogs and cats?
7. What things do you need to buy for your pet?
8. What sort of maintenance do you have to do for your pet?
9. What pets have you had in the past?
10.What pets would you like to have in the future?
11.What kind of pet would you not consider getting? Why?
12.What is the most exotic pet youve seen?
13.Have you had experience of your cats and dogs breeding?
14.Is that something that you encourage or try to prevent?
15.Do you keep any of the pets that you breed?
16.What do you do with any other kittens and puppies that are born?

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What is the name of your guide dog?

How long have you had him?
In what ways does your dog help you?
How important is your dog to you?
What would you do without your dog?
In what ways is your guide dog different to a pet dog?
In what ways is your guide dog similar to a pet dog?
How was your dog trained?
What do you like most about your dog?

Vet Questions:
1. How long have you worked here at Beech House?
2. Have you worked at any other vets?
3. When did you want to become a vet?
4. Why did you want to become a vet?
5. What sort of services do you provide at Beech House?
6. Whats the hardest part about being a vet?
7. Are there any treatments that you find harder than others?
8. What types of pets do you find come into the vets the most?
9. What type of people do you find own pets?
10.Whats the most exotic pet youve treated?
11.What reasons do you find that people have pets?
12.Have there been any changes in the nature of pets and pet ownership in
recent years?
13.What pets do you have yourself?
14.Why did you get your pet?
15.Where did you get it from?
16.How long have you had your pet(s)?
17.What do you like about your pet(s)?
18.What things do you need to buy for your pet?
19.What sort of maintenance do you have to do for your pet?
20.What pets have you had in the past?
21.What pets would you like to have in the future?
22.What kind of pet would you not consider getting? Why?
23.What is the most exotic pet youve seen?

Lizard Owner Questions:

1. Whats the pet do you own?
2. What is its name?
3. When did you first want a pet lizard?
4. How long have you had your pet?
5. Why did you want to own a lizard in particular?
6. How much do you spend on your pet in a month?
7. What do you like most about your lizard?
8. Does your pet need a lot of maintenance?
9. What do you find difficult about looking after your pet?
10.Do you know anybody else who owns lizards or any other exotic pet?
11.Where did you get it from?

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things do you need to buy for your pet?
pets have you had in the past?
pets would you like to have in the future?
kind of pet would you not consider getting? Why?
is the most exotic pet youve seen?

Dog owner Questions:

1. What pet do you have?
2. What is the name of your pet?
3. What is the breed of your dog?
4. Why did you get the breed of the dog that you did?
5. Why did you get your pet?
6. Where did you get your pet from?
7. How long have you had your pet?
8. What do you like about your pet?
9. What relationship do you have with your pet?
10.What things do you need to buy for your pet?
11.What sort of maintenance do you have to do for your dog?
12.How much time do you spend with your pet?
13.What do you find difficult about looking after your pet?
14.How important your pet is to you?
15.Have you, or would you, ever consider breeding your pet?
16.Why did you choose to get a dog over another pet type?
17.What pets have you had in the past?
18.What pets would you like to have in the future?
19.What kind of pet would you not consider getting? Why?
20.What is the most exotic pet youve seen?