BASIC QUESTIONS AU PAIR INTERVIEW PART 1

1.What's your name?

2.Where are you from? Where do you live?

3.What do you do for a living?

4.How old are you?

5.Do you have brothers and sisters?

6.How old are your sisters or brothers?

7.Do you live with your parents?

8. How is your relationship with your family?

9. What do your parents do for a living?

10. What do you do in your free time?

11. When is your birthday?

12. What is your favorite food?

13. What are your hobbies?

14. Please tell me how do you describe your personality or How do you consider
yourself:

15. What did you do yesterday? (past)

16. What did you do last weekend? (past)

17. What are you going to do tomorrow? (future plans)

18. What are you going to do this coming weekend? (future plans)

19. Where did you study English?

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20. Why do you want to be an Au Pair? or Why do you want to become an Au

Pair?
21. Do you have experience caring for children? Or please tell me about your
experience caring for children?
22. What kind of activities will you do with your host kids (tell me three
activities to do indoors or outdoors for your host kids)
23. What type of activities will you do with a baby?
24. Do you cook? / Do you know cooking?
25. What would you cook for your host kids?
26. Do you like sports? What sports do you like?
27. Do you swim?/ Do you know swimming?
28. Do you know about first aid?
29. How many kids would you like to care for? (and mention age range)
30. Why do you want to go to the United States?
31. What are your expectations or goals of being an Au Pair in the USA?
32. What would you like to study in The United States?
33. What city or state in The United States would you like to live in? (Careful
question)*
34. Do you have any special diet or any allergies that the host family should
be aware of?

35.Emergency situation 1: What would you do if you are in the house with
your Host kids and you see there is fire in the house? What is the first thing
you would do?
36. Emergency situation 2: What would you do if you are alone in the house
with your Host Kids and one of your HK falls down and gets hurt? or What
would you do if you take your HK to the playground and your HK runs away
and falls down and starts crying…. What would you do?

37. Emergency situation 3: What would you do if you had a problem with the
car or you had an accident with your host parent’s car? Or What would you do
if you were driving with your host kids and you bump into a deer on the street?

38. Do you drive? How do you consider driving? Or Are you scared to drive in
The United States?
39. Many Au pairs feel homesick during the program, what would you do if you
start feeling homesick during your program?
40. What are you looking for in a Host family?
41. What would you do if you had problems with your host family?
42. How would you control or handle discipline if your host kids are fighting?
43. How would you make kids eat vegetables if they don’t like it?
44. How would you work with a kid who’s very shy?
45. What would you do if a baby is crying a lot?
46. Some host families have children with special disabilities or special needs,
do you feel comfortable with that?
47. Would you like to extend the program?
48. What would you like to do after your program? Or What is your plan after
your program?
49. Where do you see yourself in 3 / 5 / 10 years?
50. Why do you think you will be a good Au Pair?