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[quote=Anonymous]MB here.  I am somewhat embarrassed to be asking this question because we have hired a nanny before but frankly, I don't think we did a great job--we just wanted to get the search done with and find someone, and snatched up the first decent candidate.  She has been a solid but not wonderful nanny.  She is now moving on for personal reasons and we're going to hire someone else.  We pay good rates, $18/hour for primarily one child, a toddler (second child in school and she is home occasionally, but not much).  I know that our current nanny has been very happy working with us and it's very important to us that we treat her well.

I'd welcome advice on the interview process.  What are good questions to ask nannies, over the phone and in person?  Should we do a working interview (paid of course) where she spends time with the kids?  What questions should we ask references?  We also had a lot of difficulty the first time around finding someone who was willing to be paid legally, and I am anticipating similar troubles this time.  That's one reason we wound up offering a higher rate, we were competing with other families paying more like $14/$15 per hour cash.  Frankly I'd like to pay a little less but I'm not sure how doable that will be.

Any advice from MBs or nannies would be welcome.  Thanks![/quote]

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