met 4 potentials today - all good in different ways. have decided we want to take things further (sounds dodgey but ykwim) with two
instead of a 2nd interview I thought of having a (paid) trial half day, where they would spend 4 or 5 hours with me and the kids, maybe knock up a spot of lunch, come to the park with us etc. I want to see how they are with the kids (obviously) but also how good they are at organising themselves and just chat a bit more in order to glean things you can't in an interview situation
Both have fairly busy other lives, and other long term career goals (which is fine as I think we'll be moving on from the nanny solution within 12 months once DD1 hits year 1 at school) so I also want to get a sense of how committed they would be to the job, which I might get a better feel for from a longer, more informal session
what do you all think? is this an accepted procedure or will they think it's all too much?