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OK I'm telephone interviewing an aupair this evening after she passed Uwila's List of Questions with flying colours... what do I have left to talk to her about?

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PrincessPeaNips · 13/06/2007 14:17

Never done the whole au pair thing
She is almost 20, Californian, has done lots of babysitting work, and scored 100% on Uwila's long list of hideous questions. I've mentally hired her already. Just hiring her for max 10 weeks (summer) to be an extra pair of hands while I wait for new FT nanny to be free to start with us at the end of Sept.
Problem is - I have now run out of things to ask her.
Please help! What should I say? And should I talk to her parents? And how many referees? And should those be babysitting parents or academic or one of each or what?

I'm much better at hiring nannies.

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Anna8888 · 13/06/2007 14:30

She's an adult, so I think it's off limits to talk to her parents (though I'm sure it would be super informative for you to do so).

Three referees - one high school teacher who has known her for years, one university teacher or a former employer if she's had any kind of regular job, one babysitting family. Send a list of questions for the referees to make their job easy. It's a real pain being a referee if you don't know what's wanted.

WideWebWitch · 13/06/2007 14:26

No help but does this mean you got rid of othe nanny but have found new one? Marvellous! (you're pph, right?)