Interview Frustrations! What do you all do?

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If you're planning to interview during daycare hours, there are a couple things you might want to keep in mind. I used to do it during work hours as well. It worked fine, till I got more than 3 kids. Then it was difficult and the setting was not at all conducive to a good, relaxed interview. First, you're busy with the kidlets and, as Murphy would have it, on the one day you need everything to run smoothly, it doesn't. Often it's fine, but it's amazing how the child who's always docile and sweet can turn into demon spawn when you really, really need to make a good impression. Second, sometimes interviewees show up with an entourage. I had an interview during which the mother, her infant, her husband and his mother all arrived. It was, to date, the worst interview I've ever conducted.....to the point that my neighbour asked what happened because the woman looked angry. WHAT happened was that I had 2 adults standing in the play area freaking the kids out. After dropping a couple hints and offering a seat to all of them, I finally had to say "Can you please sit down, this is really throwing the children off." Yep.....now I do all interviews after hours.