To take my 1YO and 5YO to a job interview?

[jewishmum]

DH will be at work, and it's an interview for a weekend cleaning job where my DH will be able to mind the children. But the interview is in the school holidays (tomorrow).

Yeah, bugger it, take them, that's a fantastic first impression to make. 🙄

Yes I know how silly.

When I agreed to the interview (very recently) I stupidly forgot about the school holidays. I was originally planning on taking the 11mo in his pram as he's pretty good with a biscuit to keep him happy.

It sounds very informal.

DH has now said he will take the morning off so I can get to the interview alone. All is good.

Call & explain.

if the interview is a 20 min chat, the boss might say you can bring them. in which case, leave the baby in the buggy, give the 5 year old a tablet to play with and hope they stay still and quiet.

anything else, you'll have to find childcare or reschedule.

Glad your DH is supportive- good luck!

Don't take the kids. They could maybe do an over the phone interview if you explain.

Just seen update - good luck.

You were planning originally on taking the baby with a biscuit to distract him? This is poor interview form. It looks like you just don’t care/can’t be bothered and it raises the question ‘ok she couldn’t get childcare for a 30 min interview so will this baby be rocking up every time with a biscuit in hand?’

Argh I've had this dilemma before. Good luck with the interview OP!

Glad you sorted the kids OP.
Good luck with the interview, hope you get the job. 😊

There’s no point, they won’t hire you unless they’re beyond desperate. They’ll take one look at the kids and assume tou’re disorganised and unreliable.

Hire a babysitter or ask a friend or ask to postpone the interview until next week.

😂not if you want the job OP!

Glad it is resolved now, but how do people get by in life without having anyone who would look after the dc for an hour ?
I may not be a typical MNer but I'd do that for someone for a job interview / hospital appointment / funeral even for someone I didn't know that well. It's just what keeps the wheels turning round in society.

If it's just an informal chat where they are going to show you around and what they expect to be cleaned I would ask them if they mind the kids coming or rescheduling. I did this when I just had to have a 5 minute chat with a homeowner, I already had the job through an agency.

This makes it look like you have terrible organisation, if you haven't planned childcare for a job interview day. Also it looks like this will keep happening if you get the job.its also weird.

No you will burn a bridge as well, Just ask to rearrange when you do have childcare

Why are people not reading the OP's posts?

She's only made 2 of them.

Just no. Dh needs to come out of work for a short period or ask a friend. If it’s too short notice reschedule.

Not a good idea. Reschedule interview.

Good your DH can cover.

Different jobs have different interview styles, I imagine for a cleaning job they'd want to know you're reliable, trustworthy, hardworking, know a bit about cleaning. It's not going to be an hour-long grilling though! More of a check to sound you out and see if you're dodgy or not!

I'd have said calling to check if you could bring them would have been fine. Then the ball would have been in their court, they might have preferred having kids around to rescheduling.

Have you had many interviews in the course of your working life?

An 'informal chat', IMO, would be popping round to look over where you'd be working, a discussion about expectations (hours, pay etc) and a kind of unspoken 'do I like this person? (on both sides)' vibe selection.

So while I wouldn't expect a three-piece suit or a 45-min PowerPoint presentation, nor would I expect children / pets / family members.

I'd like to think I'd never be so harsh as to not care about somebody I'm employing as an individual and life does occasionally throw bricks in your path, but setting up expectations like 'it's absolutely fine to take my very small child to a first meeting with a potential employer' really isn't a good look.

Of course you can’t take your children to an interview!,

You can't.

With great difficulty. Pretty much all my family and friends work during the week so I'm not sure if I'd be able to get the wee one looked after for an hour. Thankfully she's she's nursery one daya week so I can get everything I need to get done then.

It is not fine to take a baby and a very young child to an interview.

Are you serious? No just no!