21 Nursery Interview Questions and Answers
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Q1. Why do you want to work at our nursery?
SUGGESTED ANSWER:
“When it came to choosing a particular nursery your glowing reputation within local area and your commitment to ensuring every child in your care leaves confident and enthusiastic to begin school made my decision an easy one. By all accounts you foster a warm and supporting atmosphere that also extends to the staff and therefore I believe this is a place where I can continually thrive and develop in my career for years to come. Working with young children at such an influential age comes with a great deal of responsibility, therefore I’m looking for a nursery that shares my commitment to excellence and respect for children.”
Q2. Why do you want to be a nursery practitioner?
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“For a variety of reasons, I believe that working in a nursery is an excellent fit for me. At work, I thrive on responsibility, and I know that offering excellent quality care to children will bring me a great deal of personal fulfilment from my job. In order to be a great nursery practitioner, you must recognize that each child is a unique individual and tailor you approach accordingly. As every child develops and behaves differently, some may be straightforward to care for, while others will provide more of a challenge. Given that I am at my best when my work is both engaging and hands on, I know I will enjoy this challenge. Another reason I feel I would be a great fit for this role as a nursery practitioner is that I have a naturally tolerant personality and am particularly patient. This is an essential quality when working with children. Finally I am ideal for this role since children quickly gain trust and comfort in my care because of my upbeat and interactive attitude and seem to really like my willingness to go headfirst into any project, be it a game of tag to potato printing!”
Q3. Tell me about yourself
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Q4. Tell me about a time when you looked after a child exhibiting a challenging behaviour?
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Q5. Explain to me the core values you would apply in your teaching?
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Q6. Tell me the reasons why you have chosen nursery care as a profession
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Q7. How do you define success in your work as a nursery practitioner?
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Q8. Tell me how you’d handle behavioral issues in the nursery?
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Q9. What skills and qualities are needed to be a great nursery practitioner?
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Q10. In your honest opinion, what do you think makes a good nursery practitioner?
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Q11. Have you ever been criticized in regard to your care style?
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Q12. What makes an outstanding lesson?
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Q13. How do you think you would cope with the pressures of working at a nursery?
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Q14. Are there any advantages to proper lesson planning as a nursery practitioner? If so, what are they?
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Q15. What are the fundamental basic features of a proper lesson plan?
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Q16. What’s your biggest weakness?
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Q17. What are your main strengths?
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Q18. Tell me about a previous lesson you were involved in that didn’t go to plan?
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Q19. Effective time management is crucial to the role of a nursery practitioner. Tell me what your time management skills are like?
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Q20. If a child has not progressed as expected, who is to blame?
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Q21. That’s the end of your nursery interview. Do you have any questions for the panel?
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Yes! I Want To Pass My Interview!NURSERY JOB DESCRIPTION
A career in a nursery offers plenty of variety and opportunities for professional growth. Whether you are a nursery teacher, practitioner or assistant, you have an obligation of keeping the children in your care safe and well looked after. To be eligible for employment in any nursery, you are need to hold a valid and current enhanced DBS certificate. While it is not required to have completed childcare-related courses, many nursaries will not accept unqualified/inexperienced people. Many employers will however offer apprenticeship opportunities . Working in a nursery will greatly vary depending on the ages of children each particular nursery facilitates. Most nurseries take care of children between the ages of three and four, however some nurseries will also offer spaces to babies. You will need to be friendly, organized, personable, proactive, enthusiastic, and able to communicate well in order to carry out the responsibilities outlined below.
Day to day responsibilities of nursery staff include:
- Providing balanced, nutritious meals in accordance with the children’s specific nutritional needs
- Teaching counting and alphabet through fun activities
- Preparing children for primary school
- Ensuring children are safe handed over to their parents or carers
- Ensure children are clean and comfortable
- Administering medication when specified by parents and carers
- Comfort children when upset
- Encouraging socialisation between children
- Ensuring children are safe and supervised
- Establishing strong communication with parents and carers
- Creating fun and educational activities
- Organising nursery trips/days out
Top Tips For Passing Your Nursery Interview!
Top Tips for passing your Nursery Interview:
Tip 1:
It is essential to demonstrate excellent communicational skills in your nursery interview. This will demonstrate to the interviewer that you are a professional individual who is more than capable of effectively interacting with parents and carers on a daily basis.
Tip 2:
Maintaining a cheerful, outgoing, and smiling demeanour throughout the interview is highly recommended. This is because nurseries will only employ personnel who they believe are friendly and compassionate, and who they feel the children and their parents can trust.
Tip 3:
Be ready to answer standard motivational questions regarding why you want to become a nanny, and why you want to work for their specific agency/family, in addition to nanny interview questions that examine your talents, characteristics, and competencies.
Tip 4:
You should anticipate to be evaluated on your ability to handle challenging behaviours in children during your nursery interview. Working in a nursery means providing children with professional care, assistance, and supervision during a crucial developmental period. This should be carried out in accordance with the established policies and protocols of the nursery.
Tip 5:
Creating fun and educational activities for the children in your care is an important part of being a nursery practitioner. Since the interviewer knows nothing about your approach or skill set, you should be prepared to offer specific examples of times when you have produced engaging and educational activities for children in your care.
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