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[edk35]

My dd didn't pass the web interview in Jan. BROKE HER HEART. In the mean time.... she has a friend that got into the program and started in the fall and got KICKED out. It involved drinking but she told my dd it was not her, but she was with others and was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Who knows if she told the truth but nonetheless she was kicked, We know a family whose dd is in the program that started in Jan. and DOESN'T LIKE IT and says if she had to do it all over again, she would not have done it. She posts stuff on FB that makes us feel like she could care less about being there. THEN she has a friend/sorority sister that passed the web interview and had her phone interview a few weeks ago and told mydd this week that she is probably NOT going to take it if she gets offered a role. OMG my dd was devastated not to pass that web interview and wants to do this program so so bad, and yet we wonder how many people pass the web/phone and DECLINE the offer. FRUSTRATING. grrrrrrrrr

 

[Iris]

My dd didn't pass the web interview in Jan. BROKE HER HEART. In the mean time.... she has a friend that got into the program and started in the fall and got KICKED out. It involved drinking but she told my dd it was not her, but she was with others and was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Who knows if she told the truth but nonetheless she was kicked, We know a family whose dd is in the program that started in Jan. and DOESN'T LIKE IT and says if she had to do it all over again, she would not have done it. She posts stuff on FB that makes us feel like she could care less about being there. THEN she has a friend/sorority sister that passed the web interview and had her phone interview a few weeks ago and told mydd this week that she is probably NOT going to take it if she gets offered a role. OMG my dd was devastated not to pass that web interview and wants to do this program so so bad, and yet we wonder how many people pass the web/phone and DECLINE the offer. FRUSTRATING. grrrrrrrrr

Tell your DD not to give up...she can try again for Spring 2012 (if she hasn't graduated). There are so many reasons why someone may not pass the WBI and when my DD took it last year, we noticed a lot of questions that were almost identical but just had a word or two changed. If she had not been paying attention, she could have contradicted herself easily. I sat with her and reread the question for her so she knew what was being asked since she was so nervous.

Sadly there are a lot of people that get into the program that don't really care, or get there and do really dumb things and get terminated simply because they can't follow some basic rules. What they don't understand is that later on in life, there will be tons of rules to follow and learning this early will help later on. I am amazed at the number of participants that call-in just because they don't feel like working....I sure wish I could do that in my job I know the point system is a bit harsh, but it does instill some good work ethics that hopefully they will keep in life.

Hopefully she won't give up and she will try again. If you need any more tips or info feel free to PM me anytime.

 

[edk35]

Tell your DD not to give up...she can try again for Spring 2012 (if she hasn't graduated). There are so many reasons why someone may not pass the WBI and when my DD took it last year, we noticed a lot of questions that were almost identical but just had a word or two changed. If she had not been paying attention, she could have contradicted herself easily. I sat with her and reread the question for her so she knew what was being asked since she was so nervous.

Sadly there are a lot of people that get into the program that don't really care, or get there and do really dumb things and get terminated simply because they can't follow some basic rules. What they don't understand is that later on in life, there will be tons of rules to follow and learning this early will help later on. I am amazed at the number of participants that call-in just because they don't feel like working....I sure wish I could do that in my job I know the point system is a bit harsh, but it does instill some good work ethics that hopefully they will keep in life.

Hopefully she won't give up and she will try again. If you need any more tips or info feel free to PM me anytime.

Thanks... yes she is going to apply again. It was just frustrating because I truly thought she was a shoe in. I was surprised when she didn't pass it. If I could see anyone working at Disney ..it is my daughter. To think that some people end up getting kicked out, or get there and hate it or get an offer to do the program and turn it down, is just disheartening.

 

[piratechick]

I'm very sorry about your daughter! Tell her not to give up and to try again for Spring 2012! I know exactly how you feel! It frustrates me when I go and see some of the people on the program don't even care about working and just wants to party all the time. I had one roommate in my last program who I felt didn't even deserve to be on the program. She called in and requested so many days off just so she can go visit her boyfriend in New York. She didn't interact with anyone and always complained about her job when she actually did worked. I remember when me and my roommates took her to Magic Kingdom to celebrate her birthday and after only an hour of being there, she wanted to go home to be with her boyfriend, who was visiting at the time, instead! She loves going to Disney, but hates working there. She said the only reason she did the program was for the free tickets! I was so pissed off! All that time I was thinking of the girl who would had been perfect and dedicated to working at Disney who could had been there instead of my roommate but got rejected because my roommate got the spot instead. My roommate didn't deserve that spot. She practically wasted the whole program away! There are a ton of people in the program who waste the program away by just partying and calling in all the time. The thing is though they pretend during the phone interviews that they are so excited to work for Disney and dedicating themselves to Disney. That is one of the reasons why they decided to put in the web based interview, so they can try and weed those types of people out. It doesn't work most of the time because those people still pass and most of the good ones seem to fail because of the tricky double-asked questions. Tell your daughter good luck and I hope she gets accepted next time she applieds! It sounds like she could be good for Disney and is willing to be a dedicated hard working cast member! I am sending her lots of pixie dust! Don't give up hope!

 

[DisneyGirlie]

I actually had a meeting with my campus rep today and she told me that in the program you basically have to be a snitch. If Disney catches one of your roommates doing something wrong or something went wrong with a coworker you were working with at the time of the incident, and you don't tell, you can be terminated for that. She told some pretty scary stories of innocents, but they had knowledge of stuff they should have reported and didn't.

I agree about the College Program being unfair. Both with who they accept and how they place people. If people get accepted and decide to reject the offer, they should have a waiting list of people that maybe didn't get in the first time to take their spot. As far as placement, I'm personally dealing with an issue right now. I checked off 5 roles I'd be willing to do and of course, as irony would have it, I got the one I wanted absolute least. I would have died for Merchandise. I'm so passionate about it. I love every store at WDW and I just wanted to be surrounded by vinylmations, pins, jewelry, clothes, whatever. So it eats me up when I see people who got merchandise because I just know they don't really appreciate it like I would have.

I'm trying really hard to get over that though and I accepted my invite to participate because one day I want to have a career with Disney and I thought this would be a nice start. Everyday I'll just remind myself what I'm working towards.

Tell your daughter to keep trying!

 

[Dreamstuff]

Speaking from my last program there are a LOT of people who frankly take the whole experience for granted, gripe and complain and don't deserve to be there. I think your DD would of been great for the program and it's true a lot of those less deserving than she have gotten it but as people have said before don't give up. She can always apply again next semester, my best friend messed up her interview and didn't get in but she's applying for the spring.
It's a little disheartening because I'm already seeing warning signs for some people who've been accepted this time around but maybe the timing is for the best in the end. My friend and I are trying to stay positive and have decided maybe Spring is her Disney time and not the fall, and once your DD is there, she'll have so much fun that not getting it this time around will be forgotten.

 

[Diegosmom]

I will say one of my biggest regrets in life is not accepting my Disney position. I applied with 2 other friends my freshman year. And we actually all got in. Not sure what happened that year but Disney was way behind sending out acceptance (we didnt have a web or phone interview we did a in person interview). We actully got our letters on the last day of school and I think we had to be in Disney in a few week. So it was way short notice and my friends decided not to go. I know that the next summer I would be studying in Italy and I heard that when you work for disney we really dont make any money (most people pretty much spend everything they make on food and disney stuff). Plus I got food service which was not what I wanted. (I dont think you got to pick what you wanted back then). But I so regret not going now...

Oh well live and learn...

Hope your daughter gets in...

 

[khancock]

I actually had a meeting with my campus rep today and she told me that in the program you basically have to be a snitch. If Disney catches one of your roommates doing something wrong or something went wrong with a coworker you were working with at the time of the incident, and you don't tell, you can be terminated for that.

I don't know about you, but $7.25/hr isn't enough for me to risk putting my own job on the line for someone who not only put themselves in jeopardy, but also me.

Call it being a snitch if you want. I call it, "covering one's own butt".

You'll find in life that having knowledge of something and not taking action makes you just as guilty. This isn't Disney-specific. Lots of work locations will have policies about this. Our legal system has policies about this. You may want to get used to it.

If people get accepted and decide to reject the offer, they should have a waiting list of people that maybe didn't get in the first time to take their spot.

They do. It is called "Pending".

 

[DisneyGirlie]

I wasn't calling it a "snitch" as in a bad thing. I'm absolutely taking care of number 1 first, but overall its the same thing, no matter what you call it so no need to get up in arms. Rather insulting to imply that I don't know how the world works either.

 

[julayla]

I'm sorry your DD didn't get in! Yes, it's unfair that many people who don't deserve to be in the program somehow manage to get accepted. Some people are good at picking the right answers and putting on the right attitude for show, but not so good when it really matters.

I actually don't have a hard time believing that her friend got kicked out because of something her roommates did. Disney is ruthless about things like that. If alcohol is discovered in a wellness/underage apartment and no one reported it, everyone gets kicked out... no questions asked. Just one reason I'm *very* glad I'm old enough for a "non-wellness" apartment. One less thing I have to worry about as far as my roommates are concerned.

I don't know about you, but $7.25/hr isn't enough for me to risk putting my own job on the line for someone who not only put themselves in jeopardy, but also me.

*scratches head* I don't quite understand the context of this statement. $7.25 an hour presumably isn't the reward for putting your job at risk; it's what you get for doing your job in the first place. Do you mean the risk isn't worth losing $7.25/hr, or that you'd more willing to risk being terminated from a job that pays more money?

 

[khancock]

*scratches head* I don't quite understand the context of this statement. $7.25 an hour presumably isn't the reward for putting your job at risk; it's what you get for doing your job in the first place. Do you mean the risk isn't worth losing $7.25/hr, or that you'd more willing to risk being terminated from a job that pays more money?

To rephrase, It would require a lot for me to risk putting myself in jeopardy due to another person's poor decisions. $7.25 isn't enough to make me look the other way, pick up someone's slack, etc.

 

[MandaBelle]

Recruiting is such a mysterious process - seeing people get in and decline/terminate/etc. makes me so frustrated for everyone who genuinely deserves a chance.

Don't let her give up if Disney is her dream. Last year I received my rejection on the worst possible day. I called one of my school roommates crying, and she was very supportive. My mother encouraged me to apply again this semester, and I was accepted for Fall 2011 Custodial.

Walt himself was turned down more than once. Also remind your DD that the only failure is the failure to try. I believe in her!

 

[edk35]

Thanks everyone. Yes she is going to try again in July for spring 2012. I appreciate all of your kind words.