- What are you looking for in an au pair?

- What qualities are you expecting in your au pair?

- Do you have rules in your house?
- How is your relationship with your last au pair? How long does she stayed with you?
- What do you think is the main purpose to have an au pair?
- Are you close to your family (siblings/parents)?
- What to you do on weekends?
- Where do you work? What do you do?
- Do you have a religion? (Se fizer diferena pra voc!)
- How are the kids personality?
- What they like to do?
-Are they going to school?
- Is he/she potty trained? (kids ate uns 3 anos)
- Am I able to discipline the kids?
- What is my responsibility? (essa pergunta bem ampla)
- Do the kids have any kind of allergy?
- What kind of food can they eat?
- Are they able to watch tv?
- Can I receive friend in the house when im not working?
- Can I take classes on weekdays while the kids are at school/evenings? How many
classes?
- Can I take classes on weekends?
- How often will I work on weekends? How long and what time?
- Can I use the car? How far can I drive?

- Do you have wifi?

- Do you have phone/computer for the aupair?
- Do you have curfew?
- What kind of housekeeping am I supposed to do? How often?
- What kind of meal am I supposed to prepare?
- Do you usually have dinner together?
- How is the communication with au pair? (personal, email, text)
- How is, basically, the schedule? How often do you need to change that?
- Are you able to give me a schedule for the week in advance?
- Does the au pair have her/his own bathroom?
- Do you have any kind of benefice to the au pair (club, gym)?
- When you go to grocery, can I choose something that I want eat?
- Do you have any pets? Do I have any responsibility with your pet?

Sobre as kids:
1) Let's say her name is Caroline]. Hi, how should I call you? Is Caroline fine?
2) How many children are there and what are their names?
3) How old are they?
4) How is their daily schedule like?
5) What do they like to do?
6) Do they have favorite toys or games?
7) Do they practice sports? If YES, which ones? Do they swim yet?
8) Are they going to school yet? If so, how far from your house is the school?
9) Do they go to school by bus or by car? Do I have to drive them?
10) Are they allowed to have friends over?

11) What do they like to eat? Do you follow a speciel diet?

12) Would I be responsible for their dinner, lunch and breakfast every day?
13) What time do they go to bed?
14) Are they allowed to watch tv/listen to music/play video games?
15) Are they allergic to something?
Sobre os parents:
16) Where do you work and what do you do?
17) Do you have any hobbies?
18) Do you have family members living near by?
19) Do you travel a lot? If Yes, where do you go? Would I have to go, too?
20) Do you live in a house or apart.?
21) Have you ever traveled to other countries? Did you like it?
22) Do you know anything about my country?
23) Have you lived abroad? If so, how hard was that for you?
24) Why are you hosting an au pair?
25) What qualities do you think your au pair should have?
25.1) Have you ever had an au pair before? What do you mind if I talk to her or
send her an e-mail? Why did she go home? How was her relationship with your
kids?
Sobre a cidade:
26) How is your city? What are the other cities nearby?
27) Are there a lot of schools/colleges/universities near your town/city? If YES,
which ones?
Are they too expensive?
28) Do you have pets?
29) Do you have a housekeeper? Is she/he going to clean my room, too? Does
she/he come every week?
30) Are there many au pairs in the area?
31) Where can I take the kids? What things are there to do with kids? Any
parks? Library? gym centers?
Sobre os deveres:
32) Do you have any house rules? What are they?
33) Where is the au pair room located? Can you describe the room?
34) Do I have to share the bathroom with the kids or do I have my own?
35) What happens if I am talking to your kid and he/she is not behaving well?
Am I allowed to give them some time out?
36) Am I reponsible for any household duties? If so, which ones?
37) Are my friends and family members allowed to come over to visit me?
38) Is there a car for the au pair to use?Can I drive it during my free time, too?
Am I be responsible for gas?
39) Is there a cellphone for the au pair to use?

40) What activities do you expect me to do with the children?

41) Will I have access to internet? Is there a computer I can use?
42) How will my schedule be like?Will I have the weekends off?
43) Will I have time to study?
44) Will I have a curfew?

1- Tell me about your experience with kids.

2- Tell me what you like to do with children.
3- What can you do to entertain a child?
4- In your opinion, what are the main qualities we need to have as an Au Pair?
5- What do you think the family hopes for in an Au Pair?
6- Tell me about you: your interests, skills, what you enjoy doing in your free
time and weekends.
7- What do you most like to do in you free time?
8- Talk about interesting courses you've done (not just relating to
children), sports that you do or have done.

9- Why did you decide to be an Au Pair?

10- What do you expect to learn from this program?
11- Do you think the experience you have with children here will be different in
the United States?
12- Are you graduated? What will you do when you return?
13- Tell me about your family, how is your relationship, if you have
siblings What do your parents do? Do you live together? Have you
lived alone?
14- What are your responsibilities at home?
15- How long have you been driven? Are you afraid of driving in the United
States?
16- How do you consider your English (basic, intermediate or advanced) and
how long have you studied English?
17- Do you have piercing or tattoo? Do you wear make up every day?
18- Who is the most important person for you? Why?
19- What would you do if a friend decide to visit your city?
20- What kind of books do you like to read?
21- What country would you like to visit? Why? Give examples.
22- Which places would you like to go in the U.S.? Why?
23- Talk about something difficult that you've done and explain how you
overcame it.
24- Tell me about something you've been afraid to do and why?
25- Talk about things that you consider right or wrong.
26- Talk about things that you enjoy doing with your family.
27- Do you like to study? What was your favorite subject in school?
28- What would you change in your school?
29- What would you do if a child does something that was not suppose to do
and how will a child listen to your advices?
30- What you would you do if a child gets angry, crying or kicking?
31- What can you do if siblings fight or cannot play good together?
32- What can you do if two children want your attention at the same time?
33- How can you help a child who cries when his mother leaves?
34- What kind of activities do you like to do with children?
35- How was the longest period of time you have spent away from your family
and friends?
36- Do you think you will get sad or lonely while you are away from your family?
What can you do about it?
37- What do your parents think about your decision to become an au pair? Do
you think they will visit you while you are in the U.S.? How do you plan to keep
in touch with them?
38- What will you do if you feel like you are under a lot of pressure?
39- Do your parents have any rules that you must have to follow in your house?
Do you let your parents to know where you are going and what time you are

coming back? Do you have to be home by a certain time at night? How do you
feel about house rules?
40- Based on the time of day that you will start work (give a concrete example),
what time do you think you would need to be sleeping in order to take good care
of the children in the next day?
41- Who is responsible for things like cooking, cleaning and doing laundry in
your house? How much do your parents expect from you to help? How much do
you help?
42- Describe your town or city. What do you like or dislike about it?
43- If someone were describing you, what would the person say?
44- If you took a picture of your room right now, what would it look like? Are you
neat or messy? How would you feel living with someone who is neat or messy?
45- Do you like to plan your day or prefer things to just happen?
46- When you go out with your friends, where do you go? What do you guys
do? How many times for week do you go out with friends?
47- Describe the kind of relationship that you have with your parents and
sibling. What activities do you do together as a family? What is your favorite
thing to do together?
48- What is the best memory that you have from your family?
49- How many times a year do you usually have to go to the doctor because
you are sick?
50- Do you regularly need to visit your doctor for a medical condition such as
allergies, asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, etc.?
51- What is your favorite meal? What kinds of foods do you usually eat? Are
there any kind of foods that you cannot eat? Are you a vegetarian? Do you
follow a diet?
52- Do you smoke cigarettes on a daily basis? Do you smoke cigarettes when
you go out at night? If so, do you think that you will be able to stop smoking
when you are in the house and car and around the children?
53- What things would you like to do while you are in the U.S.? Do you have
any hobbies or activities that you would like to continue doing while in the U.S.?
Are there any new activities that you would like to do?
54- What kind of course would you like to take while you are in the U.S.?
55- How long have you been driving? How often do you drive? What kind of
roads do you normally drive on? Have you ever driven on a highway? What kind
of vehicle do you drive?
56- Have you ever been stopped by a policeman while you were driving
because you did something wrong? If so, what happened?
57- How would you feel about driving the children?
58- What qualities do you think are important in as an Au Pair?
59- What are you going to do in the U.S.?
60- Have you ever travel abroad?
61- Why do you want to be an au pair?

62- How does the Au Pair program work? How did you meet this host family?
Have you talked to them?
63- How much did you pay for the agency?
64- What are the hosts names?
65- What do they do?
66- How many kids do they have? Names, ages.
67- How did they know about the program?
68- Do you have experience with child?
69- How long will you be there?
70- Where will you live there?
71- What else will you do there?
72- Do you live with your parents?
73- What do your parents do?
74- What is the amount of money your family make per month?
75- What do your siblings do?
76- Do you study? Where? What? When?
77- Where did you study English? For how long?
78- Who is paying for this exchange?
79- Do you work? What do you do? Since when?
80- When are you leaving the country?
81- What will you do until there?
82- How old are you?
83- What will you do when you come back?
84- Do you have family or friends in the U.S.?
85- When did the last Au Pair leave?
86- How do the children feel about having an au pair taking care of them?
87- What will be my responsibilities for each child?
88- Is there anything you don't want me to do with them?
89- When are their birthdays?
90- What are their favorite colors?
91- What are their favorite games and toys?
92- Do they have friends that live close to them?
93- Will I be able to help the kids with homework?
94- What time do they go to school and come back?
95- Are there any English schools near to your house?
96- Will I be able to drive to my school while the kids are in school for example?
97- Is there gym close to the house?
98- Do their grandparents live close?
99- Do you go to the church?
100- Is there anything else you'd like to know about me?

AGENCIA
1. Have you ever lived out of your home country before?
2. Would you rather be out with friends or in with the family on a typical weekday night?
3. What do you think will be the biggest challenge in regards to living with a foreign
family?
4. Have you ever lived apart from your family and friends? And if so, what was the
hardest part for you?
5. Have you ever been an Au Pair before?
6. Why do you want to be an Au Pair?
7. Are you planning on going to a language school?
8. What is your parents occupation? Please describe your family.
9. What are your hobbies and interests?
10. Do you have a boyfriend or a girlfriend?

11. How would you spend your weekends here?

12. Are you flexible? If we run little late from work, do you mind?
13. Would you want to participate in our family outings or vacations?
14. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
15. Please tell us about your childcare experience.
16. Do you have any first-aid training?
17. Can you cook?
18. Do you have any dietary restrictions? Is there any type of food you dont eat?
19. If we want you to teach our children your native language, would you mind
speaking to them in your language?
20. Do you have any allergies?
21. What kind of activities would you do with the kids?
22. Can you help the children with homework?
23. How many children can you take care of?
24. Our children have playmates coming over to our house regularly. Do you mind
having more children around some days?
25. How do you think this experience will change you as a person?
26. What do you like to do at night? Do you go out with your friends/ boyfriends, etc
often?
27. What are your plans after your Au Pair experience?
28. What age children do you feel most comfortable with?
29. What is important to you in an Au Pair position?
30. What type of family are you looking for?