How to Answer: What types of animals have you worked with in your previous roles?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Veterinary Technician job interview.
18. What types of animals have you worked with in your previous roles?
Why the Interviewer Asks This Question
The interviewer is trying to get a feel for what types of animals you have worked with in your prior roles and what animals you have not worked with. Your answer to this question helps the interviewer to know if you would be comfortable working with the animals that are treated by the role that you are interviewing for.
Written by Lindsay Williams Ortega on March 7th, 2022
What You Should Say
Think about your previous roles and the variety of animals that you have worked with. Discuss what animals you have worked with and tell the interviewer which of those animals you have most worked with and feel most comfortable treating.
Written by Lindsay Williams Ortega on March 7th, 2022
Answer Example
"I have had the chance to work with a variety of pets due to working in both a vet clinic as well as a pet emergency center. I have worked with dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, pigs, horses, rabbits. I have worked with most household pets as well as farm animals."
Written by Lindsay Williams Ortega on March 7th, 2022