INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

1. What encouraged you to put up a publishing/printing house?

2. How much was your start-up costs?
3. In choosing the location of your business, what are the factors that you have
taken into consideration?
4. What are the equipment needed in the process of printing a book, magazine,
journal or newspaper?
5. When hiring your workforce, what are the qualifications you set? How many
personnel do you need? How much is the salary?
6. What are the processes involved in a publishing/printing house?
7. What are your pricing strategies?
8. Can you describe the bidding processes?
9. What are the factors that you take into consideration when accepting clients?
10.On the average, how many printed materials do you produce monthly?
11.How do you address the emerging trends in technology?
12.Businesses usually generate significant amounts of materials and wastes. In
your case, what are your ways in managing and minimizing wastes?
13.How much are you spending in your supplies (raw materials such as paper,
ink, etc.)?
14.On the average, how much are your monthly sales? Are you meeting your
target sales? If not, what do you think are the reasons?
15.Do you advertise your products? If yes, through what?
16.On the first five years of operations of your business, kindly describe the
trend of your sales and profit.
17.What are the strengths and weaknesses of your business?