January 2009 PI Applicants

[arfischer]

Hello friends,
I applied for 3 internships back in early September. In the first week of October I had my first interview, this past week I had my second interview, and two days later they called with an offer, which I promptly accepted. My internship will run for 6 months. They did not discuss pay until they offered the position. The girl on the phone told me that I was lucky to be getting my offer so early, as many prospective interns will not be contacted until mid November. Good lucky everyone! Hope to see you there!

Thanks for the update! Congrats and good to know they are backed up. Gives me more reason to cross my fingers.

 

[hokiehi]

during my 2nd interview for one position they told me that a college recruiter would gather all offers before issuing them... so if you're still waiting on an interview and haven't gotten an offer from another one you already had, then that's probably a good sign that you might get a 2nd interview for another position

 

[graygables]

during my 2nd interview for one position they told me that a college recruiter would gather all offers before issuing them... so if you're still waiting on an interview and haven't gotten an offer from another one you already had, then that's probably a good sign that you might get a 2nd interview for another position

Interesting! I was wondering how that might work.

 

[jeff318]

during my 2nd interview for one position they told me that a college recruiter would gather all offers before issuing them... so if you're still waiting on an interview and haven't gotten an offer from another one you already had, then that's probably a good sign that you might get a 2nd interview for another position

I don't think that is the case, as I had a second interview with DVC on Thursday morning, but received an offer for another role on Thursday night.

 

[hokiehi]

i dont know what the official case is... that's just what they told me... i'm sure it depends on departments and what you apply for, like everything with disney

 

[wendy darling]

Hello friends,
I applied for 3 internships back in early September. In the first week of October I had my first interview, this past week I had my second interview, and two days later they called with an offer, which I promptly accepted. My internship will run for 6 months. They did not discuss pay until they offered the position. The girl on the phone told me that I was lucky to be getting my offer so early, as many prospective interns will not be contacted until mid November. Good lucky everyone! Hope to see you there!

Congrats on your offer!! What PI did you get offered?

 

[Validee]

I know I'm a bit behind everyone else in the interview process, but I got a call today from Epcot science to schedule my first interview. It's on the 30th. Bit of a wait, but I'm so relieved to hear something!

 

[chase007]

Just a few things from my interview experience. They did give me the pay-range in the first interview (which was $7-13/hr). Someone called me ahead of time to set up the second interview, and that person did ask me some questions (willing to work overtime, nights, weekends, will you have transportation, etc...). During the second interview they did discuss hours, overtime, scheduling, and specifics of the position. The interviewer also gave me a shpeal outlining all of the details of the internship, which answered basically all of my questions. I did not know what I would be paid until they made the offer (two days after the second interview). They did offer me the opportunity to apply for housing, but I declined. Following the interview an email came instructing me to accept the position online, and outlining the general information regarding the position, it also had contact information for my recruiter. I am certain that in the coming weeks I will get more information regarding arrivals, training, etc. My "arrival day" is January 9th, which you'll notice is a Friday.
Just a note regarding interviews, the person conducing my interview was a lot of fun, really interesting person, and they made it very easy for me to be myself, to answer things honestly, and to engage in conversation, at one point they had to say "alright, lets get back to the interview shall we!" I suspect that's a good thing!
The position I accepted is related to the College Program.
Hope this is useful information!

 

[lea509]

Hi Lea!

I just got a call today to schedule my 2nd interview with GR so you should be getting a call soon!

exciting, who did you have in your first interview?

 

[lea509]

by the way, who has everyone had for their first interview?

 

[ShamuTrnr2B]

OMG! i am so jealous of the people who got nice people for their interviews! mine weren't mean but they NEVER gave me feeback! they just paused and waited till i was done then went on thats it! ugh! I thought some of my answers were pretty good too! did anyone else get interviews like this!?

 

[fmrcp06]

OMG! i am so jealous of the people who got nice people for their interviews! mine weren't mean but they NEVER gave me feeback! they just paused and waited till i was done then went on thats it! ugh! I thought some of my answers were pretty good too! did anyone else get interviews like this!?

I'm right there with you.. who did you have? I had Mike and Wendy. No feedback.. i heard a few "Great".. but they FLEW through the interview... it was insane and i'm super jealous of those people that had pleasant interviewers... What were you being interviewed for? How long was your interview?

 

[lea509]

has anyone had kim?

 

[kateydid]

OMG! i am so jealous of the people who got nice people for their interviews! mine weren't mean but they NEVER gave me feeback! they just paused and waited till i was done then went on thats it! ugh! I thought some of my answers were pretty good too! did anyone else get interviews like this!?

mine was the exact same way. they all seemed really nice but i got no feedback whatsoever. you applied for animal programs right? i've been following the thread but haven't posted yet. i'm anxious to hear back from them even though i don't think my interview went all that well. at least i didn't make a complete fool of myself, haha.

 

[ShamuTrnr2B]

I have had 2 interviews so far. the first was a marine mammal internship and i forgot who did the interview but she seemed really nice i jsut didnt really get any input and the second interview i had was with the conservation education team and it was a panel interview, that was a little nerve wrecking cause i was interviewing with like 5 people! but i think i did pretty well in answering my questions but after i finished there was a pause and then a new question. Hopefully they know that that makes people nervous and might give us the benifit of the doubt lol what animal program internships did you apply for?

 

[arfischer]

has anyone had kim?

I did have kim. I really liked her and she definitely talked back. My interview went over the half hour point which was really cool. I have not done the cp yet so I also interviewed for that last week. I had Dina. The problem with cp interviews is they make it really tight.

What did you think so Kim?

 

[lauraebeth]

first interview tomorrow with tricia!

 

[DwightKSchrute]

first interview tomorrow with tricia!

I also had Tricia! She was really nice. Good luck!

 

[lauraebeth]

I also had Tricia! She was really nice. Good luck!

was it just a generic interview then? not role specific?

what did you apply for?

 

[Mrs.CptnJackSparrow]

Just a few things from my interview experience. They did give me the pay-range in the first interview (which was $7-13/hr). Someone called me ahead of time to set up the second interview, and that person did ask me some questions (willing to work overtime, nights, weekends, will you have transportation, etc...). During the second interview they did discuss hours, overtime, scheduling, and specifics of the position. The interviewer also gave me a shpeal outlining all of the details of the internship, which answered basically all of my questions. I did not know what I would be paid until they made the offer (two days after the second interview). They did offer me the opportunity to apply for housing, but I declined. Following the interview an email came instructing me to accept the position online, and outlining the general information regarding the position, it also had contact information for my recruiter. I am certain that in the coming weeks I will get more information regarding arrivals, training, etc. My "arrival day" is January 9th, which you'll notice is a Friday.
Just a note regarding interviews, the person conducing my interview was a lot of fun, really interesting person, and they made it very easy for me to be myself, to answer things honestly, and to engage in conversation, at one point they had to say "alright, lets get back to the interview shall we!" I suspect that's a good thing!
The position I accepted is related to the College Program.
Hope this is useful information!

so which College Program PI did you get?