Parent to nanny interview questions
- Can you tell me a little about how you began working with children?
- At what point after you began working with children decided that becoming a nanny was what you wanted to do?
- What was the reason that made you study child psychology, or, development, or, autism, or, dyslexia etcetera four, or, five years ago?
- What is more challenging for you, to work with children or to work with their parents?
- Do you know the difference between being authoritarian as opposed to being authoritative towards children?
- Do you know the difference between being permissive as oppose to being a neglectful towards children? Among those two characteristics, what is the type of child-care person you fit in?
- Can you communicate with children? How?
- Can you distinguish the cry of a baby? How?
- What skills do you use when you begin working with a toddler that was already used to his previous nanny?
- What skills do you use when you start working for a family of a toddler that has never had a nanny?
- Being a professional nanny, are you comfortable following parental directions?
- What is the maximum age gap between siblings that you had worked with?
- What is the minimum age gap between siblings that you worked with?
- What do you do in order to keep nice and steady fun games flow when working with long age gap between siblings?
- Are you comfortable working with pre-term babies?
- Are you comfortable working with toddlers?
- Are you comfortable working with four you olds?
- Are you comfortable working with older children?
- What is the lesser child age you previously worked with?
- What is the maximum age on children you previously work with?
- What age range on children you think you are most experienced working with?
- What activities do you like doing with girls?
- What activities do you like doing with boys?
- Are you a gender specific color person?
- Tell me a little about your experience when going to the park where mostly parents play with their kids.
- Do you try to socialize with other adults at the park in order for children to play together considering they are about the same age?
- Are you comfortable with playdates?
- Have you ever been in an emergency when having a child in your care? How did you manage it?
- Have you ever been present when a child is chocking?
- As a person, do you have any health issues we, as parents, should consider about you?
- How do manage stress?
- Are you comfortable working under stress?
- What do you do when you wake up feeling ill?
- We offer the schedule from 8:00am to 5:00pm, but we can be flexible 30 to 60 minutes, would you rather arrive to work at 7:00am and leave at 4:00pm or 9:00pm and leave at 6:00?
- According to the map your address is about 30 minutes away but the schedule will make you drive during rush hour doubling the time of your commute, would you rather we adjust your schedule or, do you feel you can manage it with the set schedule?
- Are you keeping up-to-date on child development?
- What would be a scenario where you might not agree with parents regarding the discipline of their children?
- What would be a reason for you to quit a nanny job on the spot?
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