What questions should I ask the family when I interview them?

Getting to know your aupair can be a time consuming task. Extra care should be given to the interview and all the questions should be asked before a job offer. This is the best way to avoid future problems and picking the right aupair for your family.

Below we gathered the most common aupair interview questions. You can use these questions in your interview or correspondence with your aupair candidates. You can print them out and make notes for future reference.

1. Have you ever lived out of your home country before?
2. Tell us about your personality. Are you a cheerful person?
3. Can you adjust living with a foreign family and be a part of it?
4. Can you live apart from your family and friends?
5. Have you ever been an aupair before?
6. Why do you want to be an aupair?
7. How well do you speak our language?
8. Are you planning on going to a language school?
9. What do your parents do?
10. How large is your hometown? Is it a large city or a rural area?
11. What is your last diploma you received? Are you a good student?
12. What are your hobbies and interests?
13. How are your driving and driving record?
14. Do you have a criminal record?
15. Do you have a boyfriend or a girlfriend?
16. How would you spend your weekends here?
17. Will you request any time off to observe certain religious days?
18. How do we arrange the vacation schedules?
19. Are you flexible? If we run little late from work, do you mind?
20. Would you participate in our family outings or vacations?
21. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
22. Please tell us about your childcare experience
23. Do you have any first-aid training?
24. Can you cook?
25. Do you have any dietary restrictions? Is there any type of food you don’t eat?
26. How would you approach any problems or issues during your stay?
27. If we want you to teach our children your native language, would you mind speaking to them in your language?
28. Do you have any allergies?
29. How is your health? Do you have any health related issues?
30. What kind of activities would you do with the kids?
31. Can you help the children with homework?
32. Would you treat younger and older children equally?
33. How many children can you take care of?
34. Our children have playmates coming over to our house regularly? Do you mind having more children around some days?
35. How do you think this experience will change you as a person?
36. What are your plans after your aupair experience?