martes, 2 de diciembre de 2014

Preguntas para la host family

Para ser sincera después de mi entrevista con mi primera familia tengo que admitir que estaba un poco ponchada, como diríamos en Venezuela, en lo cual respecta a que preguntas realizares, por eso después de toda esa locura me decidí a realizar una lista de las posibles preguntas que le puedes hacer a tu futura host family, como posiblemente hayan leído en otros blogs es importante preguntar absolutamente todo, recuerden van a durar un año como mínimo con una familia que no es la de ustedes en un país totalmente diferente en el que ni el idioma manejamos, así que aquí te dejo para que puedas tener en cuenta y porque no, agregar las tuyas y dar alguna sugerencias para otras aupairs que lean

Sobre la familia


  • What kind of activities do you do on weekends? 
  • Do you spend your free time in family? 
  • What do you usually do? 
  • How does your family celebrate holidays, parties or birthdays? 
  • What kind of rules would you ask an aupair to follow? 
  • Why do you want to have an aupair? 
  • What made you interested in my profiel? 
  • What type of food do you eat? 
  • Do you like cooking and tasting new meals?
  • Do you follow any diet in particulary? 
  • Do you usually eat or have dinner together? 
  • Do you have pets? If you have pets – Are they allowed to go outside on their own?
  • Are they friendly? Are you religous? 
  • Do you have any special religous habit?


Sobre los niños


  • Are they going to day care, preschool or school?
  •  How far is school from your house? 
  • Does the kids do any activity after school? 
  • When your child has a game, a play or an activity – who in your family goes to watch? 
  • What do they like to do? 
  • What activities do you like me to do with the children? 
  • Could I go to parks, zoos or museums with the children? 
  • Do they like to play games outside? 
  • What time do your children wake up? 
  • What do you consider most challenging about your children? 
  • Would you describe your children as “high energy” or “mild energy”? 
  • Do you want that I talk with your children in Spanish or in English 
  • How do you discipline the kids? Do you expect me to do the same? 
  • Do you use the time out? When? How? Could I use it? 
  • If the kid is out of control, yelling, crying because he or she really wants something. 
  • What would you do? 
  • Do you use a specific method with the kids? 
  • How do you feed the kids? 
  • What are their favorites activities? 
  • What kind of activities could I do with the kids? 
  • Could you please tell more about the kids? 
  • How are their personalities?


Las condiciones de trabajo


  • What do you expect for your aupair? 
  • How many hours will I work? 
  • How would be my typical schedule? 
  • Do you have a fixed timetable for the organization of your aupair's work? 
  • Do I have to work at nights? 
  • Do I have to work on weekends? 
  • Do I have to do extra hours? if yes, How much will you pay me the hour? 
  • How often would you need me to work extra hours? If one week I don't work the 45 hours, what would happen? La respuesta tiene que ser NADA, no se recuperan horas!! (es que ya he oído de muchos casos que lo hacen)(esta pregunta la tomé de Au Pair en San Francisco) 
  • Beside taking care of the kids, Which are my other duties? (lavadora de los niños, camas, comidas etc. pero que te lo especifiquen bien)(esta pregunta la tomé de Au Pair en San Francisco) 
  • Do you expect me to speak in Spanish with the kids? 
  • Will I have to drive the kids? what kind of car will I drive? 
  • Can you list my responsabilities for each child?


Tu Vida Ahí


  • How is and where will be my room? 
  • Could I see it? 
  • Will I have TV? 
  • Will I have my own bathroom? 
  • Will I have curfew? 
  • Will I have my own car? 
  •  Where are my limits with the car? 
  • How or who will pay the gas? 
  • Will I have my own phone? who will pay it? 
  • Tell me about where you live. Is it safe? 
  • What kind of activities could I do? 
  • Is the city near? Is it easy to go? 
  • As a suburb, it is difficult to get around without a car?
  • Is there some kind of transportation?
  • Could I use the car to go? 
  • Are there other au pairs around?


Sobre Otras AuPairs


  • Have you hosted others au pairs before?
  • How was your experience?
  • Why are you in the au pair program?
  • Who would be your perfect au pair?
  • Did you have any problem with other au pair? How did you solve it



 


2 comentarios:

  1. gracias por las preguntas me has ayudado bastante en mi primer match, les hice algunas preguntas a mi familia y espero su respuesta, tienes un blog muy buena gracias por compartirnos información saludos desde México.

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    1. Muchisimas Gracias a ti por pasarte por aca, y que te ayude con tus match!!

      Un beso!!!

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