January 2009 PI Applicants

[kateydid]

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?

i only applied for conservation biology but now i'm regretting not applying for more. i had an interview almost 2 weeks ago with a panel of at least 7 or 8 researchers and current interns. i was so nervous!

 

[DwightKSchrute]

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

what did you apply for?

Yep, I think the first interviews are more general.

I applied for College Recruiting.

 

[americangeiko]

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!?

The lady I got was rude, so I would've love to have had the person you had because atleast I would've had someone who was pleasant.

 

[americangeiko]

I got an email telling me that the costuming management position has been cancelled for spring. No explanation or anything, just a thanks for applying but we decided not to have any this year. I'm assuming the general state of the economy right now is what made that decision...

It's possible that they didn't get anyone they liked who applied either, or their department's budget got cut, etc. I've seen numerous reasons for why Disney will and won't do something. Or why somewhat illogical things will get passed through the system.

It's a theme park business...crazy is a way of life.

Either way, I'm just happy that they haven't cancelled any of the PIs I applied for.

Now, if I could just get a 2nd phone call. ;_;

 

[americangeiko]

For those that don't do "face" & "book":

-It's been reported that Cast Special Events PI has been filled. (According to an email that's going out.)

As I predicted...

-Many recruiters are telling people that if you don't hear back about a 2nd interview by the 1st-2nd week of November that "maybe you'll have better luck next year".

And...

-Retail Mgmt interviews are Oct 22nd-24th

 

[americangeiko]

For those who've gotten offers:

Is the same person who did your 1st interview, the same person who calls to give you your "offer"?

I'm just curious because I want to be prepared for "the dread".

 

[jeff318]

For those who've gotten offers:

Is the same person who did your 1st interview, the same person who calls to give you your "offer"?

I'm just curious because I want to be prepared for "the dread".

In my case, it was.

 

[fmrcp06]

For those who've gotten offers:

Is the same person who did your 1st interview, the same person who calls to give you your "offer"?

I'm just curious because I want to be prepared for "the dread".

Gosh, I sort of hope not... mine were SO SO SO unpleasant... yikes! Anyone else have a f&b management interview today?

 

[onenightonly]

i only applied for conservation biology but now i'm regretting not applying for more. i had an interview almost 2 weeks ago with a panel of at least 7 or 8 researchers and current interns. i was so nervous!

I feel lucky.. I only was interviewed by two people for the same position.

 

[lauraebeth]

I just had my first interview and I'm moving forward in the process!!!

 

[lea509]

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?

did you apply for education presenter or con ed internship, and are hoping for one of the three?

 

[americangeiko]

If anybody is stilll looking to apply for any of the animal program internships, all of them are still on disneycareers.

 

[CFL]

So I had my second interview for food and beverage management today. I feel like it went awful, I have been sick and working to much the best couple weeks so I was unprepared and tired. Almost everyone who was there for the interview was also a current CM, so maybe they interview current employees first and more people will get calls for interviews soon. I was defiantly not expecting for the interview to be 3 separate interviews and for it actually to take the full hour...I actually went slightly over. They told me they would have decisions made in the next 1-2 weeks and I would have an answer in 2-3 weeks, I was told everyone who interviews for this position will get a call telling them one way or another which I thought was nice. I know someone else on here interviewed yesterday for this position, how did yours go? Probably better than mine.

 

[arfischer]

I am so excited. Just got a call from Tracy that I have a second interview for Travel Industry Marketing-Measurements on Tuesday Oct. 28 at 1!

 

[fmrcp06]

So I had my second interview for food and beverage management today. I feel like it went awful, I have been sick and working to much the best couple weeks so I was unprepared and tired. Almost everyone who was there for the interview was also a current CM, so maybe they interview current employees first and more people will get calls for interviews soon. I was defiantly not expecting for the interview to be 3 separate interviews and for it actually to take the full hour...I actually went slightly over. They told me they would have decisions made in the next 1-2 weeks and I would have an answer in 2-3 weeks, I was told everyone who interviews for this position will get a call telling them one way or another which I thought was nice. I know someone else on here interviewed yesterday for this position, how did yours go? Probably better than mine.

Hey there,

I had my F&B mgmt interview yesterday on the phone.... and i'm not sure how it went. The questions that they asked I know that I answered them pretty well, but I had the last slot of the day and I think they were ready to go. My interview literally lasted like 20 mins. They said ok lets get right to it.. talked about my CP for a few, then absolutely hammered me with questions like "talk about a time when.... and how did you overcome it" It was really odd... so I'm not sure... Who conducted your interviews? When I asked how many people they were looking to hire.. they said they had no idea.. and then thought maybe 12? How many people were waiting to be interviewed?

 

[CFL]

Hey there,

I had my F&B mgmt interview yesterday on the phone.... and i'm not sure how it went. The questions that they asked I know that I answered them pretty well, but I had the last slot of the day and I think they were ready to go. My interview literally lasted like 20 mins. They said ok lets get right to it.. talked about my CP for a few, then absolutely hammered me with questions like "talk about a time when.... and how did you overcome it" It was really odd... so I'm not sure... Who conducted your interviews? When I asked how many people they were looking to hire.. they said they had no idea.. and then thought maybe 12? How many people were waiting to be interviewed?

When I first got there (I was one of the first of the day) there was me and two other people in the waiting area but every time I came out of one interview and waited for my next there were new faces in the room. Probably safe to say just in the hour or so I was there I saw 8-9 people getting interviewed. One of my interviewers made a comment about how they had a ton of applicants but very few spots. However for Disney 'very few spots' could easily be around 12. I felt like I got along well with the interviews and we had good conversations but they were writing down very little of what I said which made me feel like little I said was applicable to the questions. Did you have multiple people on the phone with you? One of my interviews had two people interviewing me (ironically the one I felt went best) for a total of four people I interviewed with. I was told at the end of the day they all get together to compare notes on the candidates. Nothing much to do now but wait. At least I was promised a timely response, that whole not be told if you got the position until two weeks before it started was not really going to work for me.

 

[fmrcp06]

When I first got there (I was one of the first of the day) there was me and two other people in the waiting area but every time I came out of one interview and waited for my next there were new faces in the room. Probably safe to say just in the hour or so I was there I saw 8-9 people getting interviewed. One of my interviewers made a comment about how they had a ton of applicants but very few spots. However for Disney 'very few spots' could easily be around 12. I felt like I got along well with the interviews and we had good conversations but they were writing down very little of what I said which made me feel like little I said was applicable to the questions. Did you have multiple people on the phone with you? One of my interviews had two people interviewing me (ironically the one I felt went best) for a total of four people I interviewed with. I was told at the end of the day they all get together to compare notes on the candidates. Nothing much to do now but wait. At least I was promised a timely response, that whole not be told if you got the position until two weeks before it started was not really going to work for me.

I had only two people on the phone... so im not sure how they would be able to compare notes? They said they had no idea how many spots.. and then they said maybe around 12... so idk....funny you stated that number haha. What did they ask you? Like I said before mine were all about experience and how I overcame things... I have no idea what to think. I feel like what they asked me barely represents me.... I have so much to offer and with the interview I had, they didn't really get into that! We shall see!

 

[kateydid]

I feel lucky.. I only was interviewed by two people for the same position.

when she called to set up the interview she said wednesdays were best because that's when most of the team would be available so that's when i set mine up for. i guess the number of people that are there changes depending on schedules but i'd imagine we both got asked the same list of questions. have you heard anything from them since you interviewed?

 

[onenightonly]

when she called to set up the interview she said wednesdays were best because that's when most of the team would be available so that's when i set mine up for. i guess the number of people that are there changes depending on schedules but i'd imagine we both got asked the same list of questions. have you heard anything from them since you interviewed?

Nope. I doubt I ever will :-( I'm just crossing my fingers that I get interviews for the other PIs.

 

[onenightonly]

What does it mean on the workbench when one of the jobs no longer is clickable?

I have two PIs one is still clickable, the other is not.