January 2009 PI Applicants

[jeff318]

So i wa just thinking about this the other day and was curious... if they offer you a position how long do they give you to decide on it? Also say you had more then one second interview and casting calls and offers you a position but you still want to wait to hear from the other job, can you ask them to wait your you just have to make your decision right then and there.
Thanks!

They gave me 24 hours to decide... and I had a second interview with another role that morning, but the one I was offered was my top choice so it's all good.

 

[Mallory Lu]

So i wa just thinking about this the other day and was curious... if they offer you a position how long do they give you to decide on it? Also say you had more then one second interview and casting calls and offers you a position but you still want to wait to hear from the other job, can you ask them to wait your you just have to make your decision right then and there.
Thanks!

Last year I had exactly 24 hours to accept or decline.
And I share your worries...I am supposed to hear back this week from one department, but I haven't even had a second interview with another department that I am equally interested in!

 

[americangeiko]

So i wa just thinking about this the other day and was curious... if they offer you a position how long do they give you to decide on it? Also say you had more then one second interview and casting calls and offers you a position but you still want to wait to hear from the other job, can you ask them to wait your you just have to make your decision right then and there.
Thanks!

You can always ask your recruiter if that position is still open or not. I know some positions only have one intern, and they've been filled already. You can also ask if that internship has finished their 2nd interviews as well.

Most companies have no problem telling you that a "position has been filled".

 

[americangeiko]

Costumer (Workroom) position as been filled as it's gone missing from my workbench.

So that makes 1 bumped, 1 filled, and 2 left to go.

 

[Ellagirl]

Last year I had exactly 24 hours to accept or decline.
And I share your worries...I am supposed to hear back this week from one department, but I haven't even had a second interview with another department that I am equally interested in!

Yeah, im supposed to hear back from one department this week but i interview this week with another department and that is the one that I want most so i just don't know what I would do. 24 hours isnt a long time

 

[jeff318]

Yeah, im supposed to hear back from one department this week but i interview this week with another department and that is the one that I want most so i just don't know what I would do. 24 hours isnt a long time

Yeah, I just accepted on the spot because 24 hours wasn't going to change anything to me, since I was on fall break and any of the relevant offices at school were closed anyway. Plus, just saying that I accepted my internship at Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party with a Dole Whip in hand is pretty cool

 

[chase007]

The internship I have accepted is for the College Education Program Coordinator, a group of six interns that staff the Disney Learning Center at Vista Way. While this doesn't seem like a terribly amazing internship, my supervisor informed me that it presents probably the best networking opportunity that Disney has to offer as executives come from all over the company to teach and participate in the college program classes. While they are there, they get to know the Professional Interns and, according to my supervisor, they "fish" for talent among the interns. This is exactly what I am looking for in an internship!
There are six such internships, since I'm filling one of them, looks like there will be five others out there!
Oh by the way, anybody who has accepted their PI, I've heard some horror stories about Northbridge apartments, not just how expensive they are, but also about crime and problems in that area of Orlando. I am finding housing with friends closer to WDW.
Good Luck everyone!

 

[hokiehi]

Anyone gotten any interviews for management in recreation, or management in the sports complex? or know anything about those two?

I keep hearing between here and facebook about people who say that basically all the interviews are done and now they're just processing, but I haven't heard anyone say anything about those two internships, and I figured I'd hear some people getting interviewed at least! haha Since those are my top picks I'd def like all the info possible

 

[havie35]

Has anybody applied or know anybody who applied for financial analyst-pricing, merchandise global planning and pricing, or wdtc product development? I still have not seen anybody on facebook or here that has applied for any of those positions. I still have never received any word from Disney at all since I applied so I have pretty much given up hope. However, all of the ones I applied for are still on my workbench and I keep hearing stories from people saying some of the more specific PIs do not have first interviews or the story I heard about one person who got a call out of left field in November of last year offering them the job after totally giving up hope. I do not know what to think and just wish I could get some kind of word just to totally end this saga of little to no word from Disney lol.

 

[chared at disney]

I've put in the drawing for Northbridge, since that seems to be the easiest option... but I'll be looking at some places when I visit in a few weeks.

hey jeff,
i saw that you were looking for housing for the upcoming professional internship starting in january. I'm actually ending my internship on December 19th early due to the fact that i have school starting january 5. The date I'm suppose to end is january 2nd but after talking with my leader I'm leaving early. So i was going to tell you that I don't live in Northbridge. I live at this place located in kissimmee which is about 15 minutes from the Walt Disney resort. It's called Coral Cay. I live with three other professional interns and 2 of them have decided to extend but the other one is going back home. My rent is 278 a month not including utilities. The utilities we pay for are electric and everything else is covered. The electric runs about 45 a person. The only reason my rent is so low is because we decided to charge each person based off of their room size. I have a room thats exactly the same as the guy who i share a bathroom with. We both have twin beds so it's not so bad sleeping in a twin bed. As long as I have a place to stay I'm cool with it! This place is really nice and it is a gated community. And a security guard is always at the entrance. My roommates are cool and they leave you alone if you need to be by yourself. I understand you're wanting to look around but i'm just giving you an option.

 

[DisneyGroove]

so you are going to be an education presenter at dak? For that PI you do not need to be a cp, last year only 8 out of the 20 were!

Yeah, I'll be at dak, can't wait!!!

Quick question - I got my acceptance email last Wednesday and filled and submitted the acceptance form online the same day, but I haven't heard anything since, no email stating it was received or anything of the sort... I thought I would hear something about it . Could anyone let me know whether I should have heard something by now or if I'm just stressing for no reason - maybe the form wasn't received? Thanks everyone and good luck!!!

Take care!!

 

[jeff318]

Yeah, I'll be at dak, can't wait!!!

Quick question - I got my acceptance email last Wednesday and filled and submitted the acceptance form online the same day, but I haven't heard anything since, no email stating it was received or anything of the sort... I thought I would hear something about it . Could anyone let me know whether I should have heard something by now or if I'm just stressing for no reason - maybe the form wasn't received? Thanks everyone and good luck!!!

Take care!!

I didn't hear anything back regarding the form either.

 

[americangeiko]

The internship I have accepted is for the College Education Program Coordinator, a group of six interns that staff the Disney Learning Center at Vista Way. While this doesn't seem like a terribly amazing internship, my supervisor informed me that it presents probably the best networking opportunity that Disney has to offer as executives come from all over the company to teach and participate in the college program classes. While they are there, they get to know the Professional Interns and, according to my supervisor, they "fish" for talent among the interns. This is exactly what I am looking for in an internship!
There are six such internships, since I'm filling one of them, looks like there will be five others out there!
Oh by the way, anybody who has accepted their PI, I've heard some horror stories about Northbridge apartments, not just how expensive they are, but also about crime and problems in that area of Orlando. I am finding housing with friends closer to WDW.
Good Luck everyone!

Tell Hershel I said 'Hi'.

 

[CFL]

Not to back track to the conversation on here a couple days ago but does anyone know if it is all PIs that they only give 24 for you to accept? I have interviewed with a few other companies as well but wont be hearing back until 2-4 weeks from all of them. I don't even know if I will be selected for the Disney internship (my interview went awful) but I really was hoping for a two week window to accept or reject the offer.

 

[americangeiko]

Not to back track to the conversation on here a couple days ago but does anyone know if it is all PIs that they only give 24 for you to accept? I have interviewed with a few other companies as well but wont be hearing back until 2-4 weeks from all of them. I don't even know if I will be selected for the Disney internship (my interview went awful) but I really was hoping for a two week window to accept or reject the offer.

It sounds like it, but you can always ask for more time. I know if there was non-Disney internship that I wanted more, that I'd push to get that, rather than accept with Disney.

 

[graygables]

I've not heard of anyone having longer than 24 hours to accept. Of course, I haven't heard of too many who take longer than 24 SECONDS to accept either! It wouldn't hurt to ask, but remember, they do have a process they have to follow and if you don't want the job, someone else is in line who will take it. They have a massive amount of paperwork and shuffling they have to get done.

 

[Ellagirl]

I know i asked this before but i dont think i got an answer, does casting operate on the weekends? Will they call on the weekends?

 

[americangeiko]

I know i asked this before but i dont think i got an answer, does casting operate on the weekends? Will they call on the weekends?

One person in the facebook group said that they got a call for 2nd interview on Sunday evening during a football game.

 

[Neaner]

So...I went through 3 phone interviews, one in-person interview, and today I got verifying that I was still interested and that they are emailing me an application to fill out and send back-though I haven't received it yet. Does this mean I have the position?

 

[Ellagirl]

So...I went through 3 phone interviews, one in-person interview, and today I got verifying that I was still interested and that they are emailing me an application to fill out and send back-though I haven't received it yet. Does this mean I have the position?

It sounds to me like you do because for all the other people who had to fill out applications were offered positions. Which one was it for?