PETCO Cashier Job Description & Interview
Job Description and Duties
What Does a PETCO Cashier Do?
PETCO hires cashiers to work at the frontend of stores and perform various customer service duties. Workers operate computerized cash register systems to ring up purchases and collect appropriate forms of payment. Additional job responsibilities include processing returns and exchanges, answering customer inquiries, cleaning work areas, and stocking merchandise as necessary.
Hiring Needs
Prospective cashiers must meet PETCO minimum age requirements of 16 years. Completion of high school often proves helpful in obtaining cashier positions. Applicants need to demonstrate basic math proficiency and strong communication skills. Customer-focused mentalities, professional demeanors, passion for pets, and the ability to work flexible hours also increase hiring consideration.
Salary and Compensation
How Much Do They Get Paid?
Cashiers at PETCO typically earn an hourly wage of about $9.18. With experience, pay rates may increase. PETCO cashier jobs also come with attractive employment benefits like flexible work schedules, associate discounts, on-job training, and career advancement opportunities.
What Other Benefits Does PETCO Offer?
Entry-level cashiers often take advantage of workshops, online courses, and other training programs to prepare for promotion into management positions or corporate careers with lucrative annual salary options and comprehensive employee benefits packages.
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PETCO Cashier Interview Video
Video Transcript
Interviewer: Please describe your job title and primary duties.
PETCO Cashier: So, I was a cashier and then basically depending if I was opening or closing… If I opened, I was placed in one of the animal departments and feed the animals there if there were animals in that department, and that’s like an hour before opening. And just kind of clean up. and just organize the store. and make sure everything’s fine. Or, be a cashier, or I’d be in the back and just like doing stock stuff or helping customers on the floor. At night, if I was closing, we face the store, so we make sure everything’s brought to the front of the shelves, like the labels are facing us. Stuff like that.
Interviewer: What was the work environment like?
PETCO Cashier: It was pretty chill, like I worked with mostly people in high school or college-aged people. It’s pretty relaxed, but we still had a uniform and everything. It’s like chill. It wasn’t like super strict, but we weren’t allowed to mess around.
Interviewer: How would you describe the application and interview process?
PETCO Cashier: The application, it was one online, your basic application, like with your information, and then the interview… I had a friend that worked, like four friends that worked there, so I was able to get an interview with the manager. He was asking me questions, like: “Why do you want to work here? Do you like animals?” He asked me some question, like how I would take care of… and kind of situational questions, like what do I do if this animal… or like something dealing with a bad customer, stuff like that.
Interviewer: What questions did the interviewer ask during the job interview?
PETCO Cashier: I’d worked at a job, but I didn’t really have any experience with animal places. “Oh, I really like animals, and I’m a responsible person.” And at the time, I was a straight-A student, so I can totally do this also, and I need a job, and it’s fun to work with animals, and I have my friends working there, too. I don’t know. I think it’s mostly luck for this job, because I had friends just kind of vouched for me, like she’s a good worker and she’s going to be good for the job here.
Interviewer: What other advice would you give to a job seeker looking to gain employment?
PETCO Cashier: You definitely have to like animals, because you’re going to be dealing with them a lot. People come in with their pets all the time. There’s constantly dogs and cats, and you’ll have to feed hamsters and deal with reptiles. Also, working customer service, you have to very patient, and I’ve noticed that animal people are kind of crazy about their pets, so you have to deal with some interesting people sometimes. Patience is the key, also liking animals.
