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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Plans you made before you ever knew this family existed and was looking to hire a nanny?

Intelligent people recognize that life doesn't slam to a halt while job hunting. Go wow them, and if they are as good in person as they are on paper, let them know you have long standing plans for those days. Ask to talk briefly about how they might choose to handle the issue, offer a suggestion or two of your own, and see what happens [/quote]

I have had this happen a couple of times (MB here). It's part of life. It looks like you'd be missing 3 days. Yes, it's terrible timing, but if you tell them at the interview, I suspect it won't be a problem at all if they really like you. She's got 6 weeks to figure it out.

What she will worry about is that you might be the kind of person who takes lots of trips, so one thing to do is assure them that the amount of time off offered by the job is generally sufficient (if it is).

As this PP suggests, acknowledge the timing issue, promise them you will request time off well in advance in the future, and acknowledge that this would (obviously) be unpaid time off depending on how the PTO for this position works. They may come back and say "Oh no, of course you can use your vacation time." [/quote]

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