Describe the role. Makeform builds a nanny intake form for childcare experience, skills, weekly availability, preferences, and references before interviews.
Send candidate responses to Slack, Google Sheets, and Zapier.
Sample prompts for the builder
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Audience
Candidates applying directly to a family
Format
Detailed intake with schedule grid and references
Prompt size
313 chars
Example form structure
Detailed intake with schedule grid and references
Contact details and location
Childcare experience and age groups
Weekly availability
Desired start date
Professional childcare references
Suggested routing tags
Schedule match
Needs review
References pending
Ask for availability by day and time window so schedule conflicts appear before an interview.
Step 1
Describe
role, children, schedule, and priorities
Step 2
Collect
experience, preferences, and references
Step 3
Review
compare complete candidate profiles
Step 4
Follow up
route schedule matches to interviews
Better candidate intake
Give every candidate one place to explain relevant work, confirm availability, and provide references before an interview.
Ask about paid care, recent roles, children's age groups, responsibilities, and reasons for leaving in one sequence.
Use weekday choices, time windows, start dates, and conditional follow-ups to reveal schedule gaps.
Collect each reference's relationship and contact details with permission to reach out.
Made for the role
Reflect the children, routine, location, and arrangement, then keep only job-related questions.
Gather schedule fit, duties, communication preferences, pay expectations, and references.
Capture service area, placement preferences, experience, and availability for matching.
Focus on pickups, driving, homework, activities, meals, and weekday time windows.
Ask about infant-care history, routines, training, overnight availability, and parent communication.
Candidate workflow
Turn your hiring brief into an editable form, share one link, and route organized responses.
Name the age groups, schedule, location, duties, arrangement, and relevant experience.
Set required questions, add your real schedule, and show driving follow-ups only when relevant.
Publish one link for applicants, with clear headings and field instructions.
Review one inbox, send rows to Google Sheets, and notify the coordinator of schedule matches.
Form vs email vs resume
A resume summarizes employment; a shared form consistently adds schedule, care, and reference details.
Field guide
Use these six sections for a useful profile, keeping every question tied to the role.
Candidate basics
Collect what you need to communicate and assess whether the service area is workable without duplicating a resume.
Relevant experience
Ask about recent positions, children's age groups, schedules, and duties to see what transfers to this opening.
Skills and training
Use checkboxes for scanning and optional context fields. Ask for training names and dates when relevant.
Availability
List each required day and care window, then ask only about relevant flexibility and start dates.
Role preferences
State the actual duties and arrangement, then ask about responsibilities, communication, transportation, and pay expectations.
References
Use a structured block for each professional childcare reference to prevent missing contact details.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for families and agencies organizing early-stage nanny candidate information.
It is a questionnaire completed before an interview or placement review. It gathers contact details, childcare experience, skills, availability, preferences, and references for focused follow-up.
Ask about recent childcare roles, age groups, duties, relevant skills, weekly availability, start date, required transportation, pay expectations, and recent professional references. Use conditional follow-ups where an answer changes role fit.
An application usually connects someone to one opening and emphasizes work history. An intake can create an agency profile or gather screening details before matching. Avoid requesting the same information twice.
List required days and time windows, let candidates select every workable window, and ask for a start date. Include evenings, weekends, overnights, or travel only when relevant.
Yes. Add file uploads for a resume or relevant supporting document. Keep experience and availability as structured form fields so candidates remain easy to compare.
For each reference, ask for name, role, relationship, dates known, phone, email, and contact preference. Get the candidate's permission to contact them and use a consistent process.
Yes. Makeform provides unlimited free forms and responses, so you can generate, edit, publish, and use your nanny intake form without a response cap. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge.
Responses arrive in your Makeform inbox. Route them to Google Sheets, notify a coordinator in Slack, or connect workflows through Zapier. Limit access to people involved in hiring.
Replace scattered candidate messages with one intake.
