AU PAIR - Entrevista agência STB

Hello! Tudo bem com vocês?

Estou ótima e aliviada.

Ontem (sábado, 28 NOV) fiz a entrevista na agência STB – Piracicaba, eu vou contar para vocês como foi.

A Rosana, quem “cuida” das AU PAIRS, me levou em uma sala e começou a perguntar algumas coisas em português mesmo, como é minha experiência com crianças, quanto tempo, sobre o meu inglês, enfim, começamos o teste em inglês.

As perguntas foram exatamente 30 (trinta) questões.

Sim, é assustador, eu mesma estava com medo de não entender nada e ficar enroscada no meio do caminho, mas, não foi bem assim. Eu entendi tudo e em algumas questões eu pedi para ela repetir. Mesmo assim, foi tudo muito tranquilo, então minha gente, nada de pirar.

Uma novidade para vocês é o seguinte: EU PASSEI NA ENTREVISTA DE INGLÊS SÓ SABENDO O BÁSICO! Isso mesmo, se eu consegui você também consegue!

O meu básico é assim: eu entendo bem o que as pessoas falam, porém não sei muito conversar, me soltar...

E mesmo assim eu CONSEGUI!

Você que está esperando ficar “craque” no inglês e ainda nem começou o processo por conta dele, sugiro que não fique parada e comece sim o processo mesmo com seu inglês pequeno.

Na internet e no próprio site da STB, se for essa sua escolha de agência (eu sugiro), você consegue encontrar todas as perguntas e assim pode estudar respondendo todas elas de acordo com sua personalidade. Olha só que ótimo!

E claro, depois que você passar é bom fazer um curso intensivo antes de embarcar, afinal, ninguém quer chegar na Terra de Obama totalmente muda, né não?

Qualquer dúvida deixe no comentário, ficarei feliz em respondê-la!

Vou deixar todas as perguntas aqui para vocês e BOA SORTE!

1. Why did you decide to become an au pair?

2. What characteristics or skills do you feel are most important to have in order to be a successful au pair?

3. Have you ever traveled far from home without your family and friends? Yes | No (If yes) Where did you go? How long were you there? What was the purpose of this visit?

4. Have you ever visited an English speaking country? Yes | No (If yes) Which country did you visit? How long were you there? What was the purpose of this visit?

5. Have you discussed your decision to spend a year abroad with your family? Yes | No (If no) Why not?

6. Do you live with your family? Yes | No (If yes) What are your responsibilities around the home (laundry, cooking, cleaning dishes, etc.

7. What types of rules do you think you will have living with your host family (a curfew, no drinking, loud music, cleaning up after yourself, etc.)?

8. How do you envision the typical American family (lifestyle, personality, busy, two-parent family, suburban house, etc.)?

9. Describe your ideal host family. How do you see yourself fitting into their lifestyle?

10. Are you concerned about driving in the United States? Yes | No (If yes) Please explain:

11. How are you preparing yourself to drive in the United States?

Let’s Talk About Host Family Life

12. Have you ever had a full-time job? Yes | No (If yes) What was your position? What were your responsibilities.

13. Please describe what you imagine your typical au pair schedule will be like (wake children up in the morning, make them breakfast, etc.)

14. If you were at the park with your host child, and he/she fell off the swing and seriously hurt themselves, what would you do?

15. What would you do if you were placed with a host family and you did not agree with their discipline style?

16. How would you handle a disagreement with your host family?

17. If two young host children were fighting over a toy, how would you handle the situation?

Situational Questions – What would you do?

18. What would you do if you were driving and one of your host children took off their seatbelt?

19. Most au pairs feel homesick at some point during their program. What will you do to help yourself feel at home while you are in the United States?

20. Besides homesickness, what other challenges do you think you will have as an au pair and how will you overcome them?

Au Pair Agreement and Matching Expectations

21. Are you willing to match with a family of a different ethnicity than your own? Yes | No (If no) Why not?

22. Are you willing to match with a family who practices a different religion than you? Yes | No (If no) Why not?

23. Are you willing to live in any geographic location in the US? Yes | No (If no) Why not?

24. Do you understand that your application WILL BE cancelled by AuPairCare if we determine that you are not performing well in the matching process (i.e. turning down reasonable host family match offers, unreachable for interviews, etc.) ? Yes | No

25. Do you understand that if you cancel from the program after matching with a host family, but prior to arriving to the U.S. you WILL BE responsible for a $300 cancellation fee, and the cost of your international and domestic airfare? Yes | No

26. Do you understand that if you cancel from the program before matching with a host family, but prior to arriving to the U.S. you WILL NOT have to pay the $300 cancellation fee? Yes | No

27. Do you understand that if you do not successfully complete your program year in the U.S. you WILL BE responsible for your own return travel expenses? Yes | No

28. Do you understand that pre-existing medical conditions WILL NOT be covered by the third-party travel insurance provided to you during your program year? Yes | No

29. Do you have any questions about the Au Pair Agreement you signed? Yes | No

(If yes) Please provide details of their questions and the feedback provided to them:

30. Is there any other information you feel is important or useful for us to know prior to placing you with a host family? Yes No (If yes) Please provide details of their feedback: