APPENDIX B
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Standard Interview Questions
1. What is your position? What are your primary responsibilities? What is your length
of employment at PUSH? Describe your career path.
2. What adjectives would you used to describe your workplace?
Orientation: I’m conducting a study on the role of interior design in creating a fun work environment. The goal of this study is to produce a short narrative, or story, exploring what its like to work in a fun office environment. So the more stories you can tell and the more detail you can get into, the better. The first part of this interview will ask some general questions about workplace fun, then about specific occurrences at PUSH. For the second part, I will show you some photographs of the office to get your opinions on the office design. The third section asks some comparative questions. For the final section, I would like to hear some specific stories about your experiences working at PUSH.
3. How would you define fun in the workplace?
4. What are the benefits of workplace fun?
5. How do you balance fun and workplace productivity?
6. Do you feel all organizations should incorporate fun into the workplace?
Core Values: Have fun. Fun plays a key role in the success of any business. Smile a little more. Talk a little more. Spend more time together discussing what makes you feel good about the job you’re doing. If you’re having fun the work will be that much better.
7. How well do you feel this part of the mission statement is realized at PUSH?
8. Can you provide a specific example?
9. What is the most notable fun activity that you have participated in at work?
Photographs: I will now show you a set of photographs taken of the PUSH office and have you respond to these.
10. Where do fun activities take place in this space?