You've sat down for the interview, nice house, nice parents, sweet-looking kids. Then something furry lands in your lap like a bowling ball with claws. The mother says, 'Oh, and do you like animals?'
Many nannies take on a job without realising that the number of their charges will multiply by the ones who sleep in a basket and eat from a bowl on the floor. If you love animals, wonderful. If you merely tolerate them, you will need it spelt out in your contract just how many tins you are going to be opening for lunch and how many pairs of legs are actually going walkies as part of the school run. If you suffer from allergies, don't leave the interview until you have peeked round the back door for litterboxes or checked the sofa for the hairs the hoover missed.
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