AU PAIR INTERVIEW

Hello Sindy, take a sit please!! ABOUT YOU! 1) Tell me more about you? 2)How you are? 3)What kind of activities do you like to do? 4)Do you have experience by taking care of children? 5)How many children do you have taken care of? 6)What are your favorite hobbies? 7)Whats your favorite color? 8)Whats your favorite food? 9)Do you have pets? 10) Do you like going to the park, library or zoo? 11) Do you like reading? 12) Do you have any brothers or sisters?

13) Do you get on well with your brothers or sisters? 14) Do you like playing together? ABOUT THE AU PAIR EXPERIENCE 15) Why do you want to be an au pair? 16) What scares you the most about coming there? What excites you the most? 17) What is your experience with children? 18) What do you like the most about being an au pair? 13. What kind of skills do you have for being an au pair?

14. Have you ever been in USA before? 15. Will this be the first time away from home? 16. Why do you want to be an au pair?

17. What will you do if you feel homesick? 28. What do you think would be the most difficult thing about spending a year as an au pair? 29. What do you like to do in your free time? 30. Do you have any plans for when you finish your year and return home? 31.What do you like most about taking care of children? 32. Children do not always listen to their parents or their au pair. What will you do if your child just wont listen to you? 33. How long have you been driving? How often? 34. Where do you drive? 37. Would you be comfortable driving the children to and from school every day?

38.What do you think children most need from an au pair?

Infants sleep a lot, sometimes for several hours during the day. As a result, this job can sometimes be boring. 39. Do you think this will be a problem? What will you do to remain active and challenged by your responsibilities? 40. What activities might you be able to do with a baby? Babies can cry a lot for no apparent reason. 41. What would you do if the baby just wont stop crying in his/her crib after ten minutes?

42. What would you do if the doorbell or telephone rang while you were giving the baby a bath?

43. What do you think is the best way to handle a toddler who loves to explore into everything? 44. What activities or games might you plan on a rainy day? We do not allow the children to watch more than one hour of television each day. 45. How do you feel about this? How will you keep the children active and occupied?

46. On a day when school is closed (i.e. bad weather related), what kinds of activities might you plan with the children?

47. Would you be willing and able to help with the childrens homework? Are you interested in helping the children learn phrases in your language?

48. How would you react if the child says, But Mommy and Daddy let me watch TV after dinner, even though we told you under no circumstances could the children watch television after dinner?

haracter What values did you parents teach you as being most important in life? What three adjectives would your friends use to describe you? Do you have a boyfriend? How does he feel about your decision to become an AP? How do you think youll handle being away from him for a year? What kind of roads do you typically drive on? Do you have experience driving in heavy traffic? Do you own your own car? Do you drive often, how often? How long have you driven? Are you OK driving long distances to travel?

What kind of cars have you driven? What is the furthest distance you have ever driven? What kind of bad weather have you driven in? (snow? heavy rain?) Have you ever used a GPS? When you need to figure out how to drive to somewhere, how do you get directions? Have you ever gotten lost while driving? If so, what did you do? Have you ever been on a road trip with a friend? What is your best driving habit? What is your worst driving habit? How is driving at nighttime different from driving during the daytime? Are you close with your siblings? How did you hear about the program and who suggested that you become an aupair ? Do you have relatives in the US? Is religion important to you? Are you a morning person? Are you able to start your day early? Do you have a housekeeper? Do you have duties at home? Please explain what your duties are Have you had a job before? Tell us about your job & what you did. What where the challenges? What did you like? How long did you work there? Why did you quit? How do you handle conflict with your parents? How do you like to keep your room at home? If the baby is crying & hurt, the 3 & 4 year old are fighting & the doorbell rings how would you handle that situation? What would you do if you were driving & the boys are fighting or takes off a seat belt? What is your biggest strength/weakness? What is your biggest concern or fear about becoming an au pair? Why do you want to come to the USA and what are your plans when you go back to your home country?

Do you have a maid at home? The child you are looking after is just learning to walk. She is walking on a concrete sidewalk and falls forward and hits her head. Her head is cut and bleeding heavily. She is crying hysterically and is very upset because she is in pain and is scared. How do you handle this? Have you ever clipped a babys fingernails or toenails? What are your expectations for the home that you will live in as an au pair? Will you be uncomfortable if the home is not perfectly clean at all times? Have you had any prior lengthy illnesses? What age children do you prefer to take care of? How much sleep do you need to feel rested? How do you plan to spend your time when youre not working? Do you know anyone in the US? What is your best and worst memory of your family life? What kind of role do you want to have with the children? A playmate? A teacher? A parent? How would you go about these roles? Do you want to be like a roommate or do you want to be like a member of the host family? A roommate socializes outside of the home most nights and weekend with friends. A member of the family eats dinner at home each night and spends time at home on the weekends and watches movies with the host family in the evening. How do you make friends? Do you enjoy playing with dogs and are you comfortable with them? How do you envision your day taking care of our daughter? What do you think is most exciting thing about coming to the US as an au pair?

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