It is important to conduct an interview before selecting a nanny, as you are choosing and employee to take care of your children. Parents should be ready with questions to ask the applicants, pre-employment questions are useful to perform the screening tests.
You can take information about applicants how much ever you want to know about them. This is all about your loving children and their care. You can make a list of applicants from applications which were received and make a call and setup an interview appointments. You can spend at least one hour for each applicant while interviewing. There are few important questions to ask the applicants before hiring, it is better to note the answer of the each applicant while conducting an interview.
- Ask her about her last job and why she left that job and how long she worked there.
- What is her qualification, does she have any qualifications for this job? Can she show her CV?
- Does she have any references, see at least two references and phone numbers, ask her to whom you can make a call to check.
- What is her experience in this field, does she have any experience of taking care of children the same age of your children.
- What are the activities she is going to do and does she have a plan about activities and projects while she is going to do with your children? Know about her skills and art.
- Ask about her hobbies, interests. Know about what methods does she follow about discipline.
- Ask whether she knows cooking, driving, if she can drive then ask to show the driving license.
So, these are the questions that you need to ask the applicants before you hire them.
