Fall 2010 Professional Internships

[kmn952]

Hey Guys,

Ok so I have a panel interview (phone) with the conservation education/animal program people in few days. I looked over the facebook group for sample interview questions...but was wondering if anyone has had one before? what are they like? any last minute suggestions? any thing really would help!

Thanks!

 

[Ariel864]

Hey Guys,

Ok so I have a panel interview (phone) with the conservation education/animal program people in few days. I looked over the facebook group for sample interview questions...but was wondering if anyone has had one before? what are they like? any last minute suggestions? any thing really would help!

Thanks!

Panel interview is not something we can really assist you with. It's going to be individually catered towards your experiences and questions they need to ask you for the job. This a competitive internship, and it would not really be fair to those of us who did it without assistance to provide you with the questions we've been asked.

If you're getting a panel interview I'm sure you can handle the questions. After all, they only ask people to panel interview if they're interested. Good luck!

 

[kmn952]

Panel interview is not something we can really assist you with. It's going to be individually catered towards your experiences and questions they need to ask you for the job. This a competitive internship, and it would not really be fair to those of us who did it without assistance to provide you with the questions we've been asked.

If you're getting a panel interview I'm sure you can handle the questions. After all, they only ask people to panel interview if they're interested. Good luck!

Ok thanks! And I SO understand the whole interview question thing.. I wasnt really looking for actual questions...more a general thing...like is it easy to hear everyone on the phone and stuff like that! (i've never talked to a whole panel on the phone...is it on speaker phone kinda thing)

 

[Berlioz70]

Thanks! I appreciate it. I just thought it might be ok since the FA arrival date I want isn't until June and MIs/PIs are over in June...

This is tricky because apparently PI/MIs have different end dates (at least when I went through the application process for Spring 2009). My interviewer asked if I had done the Fall or FA... If I had done the FA I would have been ineligible for some of the PIs I applied for, but not all. So it really depends on the department.

Some departments staff their interns back to back. The department I did my PI with had a two week grace period between seasons. Another department I know of has it's new interns arrive earlier so the previous interns could train them before leaving. I'm not sure how this is coordinated with Housing... or if now everyone has the same end date. Maybe there is a "final" date, but some departments end theirs earlier?? No idea.

Neither myself or the other intern lived with Disney. Also, neither of us finished our program. He was terminated with two weeks left for inappropriate behavior and I took a position for an opening team in the parks. Kind of ironic... my internship no longer exists!

 

[lhighlan]

This is tricky because apparently PI/MIs have different end dates (at least when I went through the application process for Spring 2009). My interviewer asked if I had done the Fall or FA... If I had done the FA I would have been ineligible for some of the PIs I applied for, but not all. So it really depends on the department.

Some departments staff their interns back to back. The department I did my PI with had a two week grace period between seasons. Another department I know of has it's new interns arrive earlier so the previous interns could train them before leaving. I'm not sure how this is coordinated with Housing... or if now everyone has the same end date. Maybe there is a "final" date, but some departments end theirs earlier?? No idea.

Neither myself or the other intern lived with Disney. Also, neither of us finished our program. He was terminated with two weeks left for inappropriate behavior and I took a position for an opening team in the parks. Kind of ironic... my internship no longer exists!

Thank you! My recruiter said it shouldn't be too much of an issue since most PIs/MIs go through mid-June. If there was any kind of overlap it would only be for a few days and he said we could modify accordingly if needed. I'm going to ask for Fall Advantage and hope for the best in applying for PIs again if that's where life takes me!

 

[kmg148]

Thank you! My recruiter said it shouldn't be too much of an issue since most PIs/MIs go through mid-June. If there was any kind of overlap it would only be for a few days and he said we could modify accordingly if needed. I'm going to ask for Fall Advantage and hope for the best in applying for PIs again if that's where life takes me!

Awesome! More time at Disney! Good luck!

 

[bigdreamer2010]

just sitting here waiting for my interview and ......im and and ......so I guess i'm a lil nervous but i hope it goes well...and wish you guys on here much luck to the one that have 2nd rounf interviews for management.

 

[Ariel864]

just sitting here waiting for my interview and ......im and and ......so I guess i'm a lil nervous but i hope it goes well...and wish you guys on here much luck to the one that have 2nd rounf interviews for management.

good luck! I'm sure you'll do great!

 

[Sarah <3 Disney]

I am waiting around for a phone call too! I find watching Pocahontas calms the nerves some!

 

[bigdreamer2010]

Thanks you guys....i pulled aladdian today to watch...lol the things that calms us disney folks....

 

[Ariel864]

I am waiting around for a phone call too! I find watching Pocahontas calms the nerves some!

Good luck to you too!

 

[Sarah <3 Disney]

Good luck to you too!

Thanks!

And forgot to add good luck to bigdreamer2010 too! My puppies had to go outside, so my post ended abruptly. Haha!

 

[bigdreamer2010]

well that went crappy.........not to happy with the result......

 

[sneekypeeks]

/comfort! What happened? One of my leaders told me that it isn't a good interview unless you feel like you have been hit with a bus.

 

[kmg148]

well that went crappy.........not to happy with the result......

What happened??

 

[bigdreamer2010]

they through these questions i wasnt expecting and they were nice but my anawer werent that great.....I just dont feel as confident like i did during the screenin...

 

[bigdreamer2010]

its hard over the phone to to see how people are recieveing your answers.....i just dont think that its a good look for me....well I guess this is the end for me.....and usually i'm not like this but i dont know....

 

[Ariel864]

/comfort! What happened? One of my leaders told me that it isn't a good interview unless you feel like you have been hit with a bus.

lol That's great.

 

[Ariel864]

its hard over the phone to to see how people are recieveing your answers.....i just dont think that its a good look for me....well I guess this is the end for me.....and usually i'm not like this but i dont know....

Don't loose hope yet.. you went from screening to panel, that's a great step forward! Besides, I think we're always harder on ourselves than we need to be.

 

[kmg148]

its hard over the phone to to see how people are recieveing your answers.....i just dont think that its a good look for me....well I guess this is the end for me.....and usually i'm not like this but i dont know....

Try not to let it get you down yet! How many people were there?