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[quote=Anonymous]Long tome nanny here. I would say 75% of interviews I've been on have been in the NF home, and 25% have been at coffee shops. I prefer to meet at the NF home, because it's hard for me to get a full sense of what their household is like unless I see it firsthand, and that is very important for me to determine just how good of a fit we will be (and how interested I am in the job). Many parents have brought their children to the coffee shop interview, which is NOT a good way to meet young children, because they are so distracted and not in a familiar/comfortable setting (and so often hopped up on coffee shop sweets as well). I've also found it very hard to hear parents over the coffee shop noise.

I understand not wanting to share your home address with strangers, but presumably you'd have vetted the candidate well before sitting down for a face to face interview anyway, right? I always do a thorough phone or Skype interview before an in person interview, and also they can see all my great reviews on care and sittercity (if they don't already personally know one of my clients), and they are screening me to care for their children so after all that if they don't feel comfortable sharing their address then we might not be a good fit after all.

Now, if potential clients ask me to meet at a coffee shop, I explain why I prefer to meet in their home, and so far everyone I've requested that of has been fine with it (and usually say they only suggested a coffee shop for my benefit anyway). [/quote]

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