I feel so nervous after my phone interview too. After hearing about how everyone's interviewers were so nice and and upbeat, I felt pretty confident about the interview. I had word documents with my previous work experience, job responsibilities, and charts that matched my skills with the skills of my top two choices. I prepared myself for every question that was out there. I had a lot of good answers for questions about me.
When she called, I began the interview with a smile and remained enthusiastic throughout. Every time there was a chance to add on to an answer one of the points I was trying to hit during the interview to stress both my passion for disney and interest in the vacation planner role, I did it. But then, she kept asking me the same questions over and over. I told her about my experience in sales and about how that prepared me for this role, and then she's ask, do you have any sales experience? She kept doing that, which made me think she wasn't really listening to me or maybe she was just reading off questions. Sadly, it threw me off balance and I lost a bit of my confidence. But I kept going with, well like I've said, I've worked ticket sales and then also said that as the treasurer of the People For Animal Well-Being organization on campus, I've also handled a large amount of money for bake sales and campus fundraisers.
And then came the question about whether or not I'd be interested in QSFB. I'd planned to politely decline because I honestly felt more qualified for my top 3 choices. But at this point, I heard "I'd be open to it, but I'm more interested in..." come out of my mouth. I was so nervous they wouldn't take me if i said no. that's when she said, "So you'd do it, but you wouldn't like it?" And just the tone of her voice made me think that I said something wrong.
Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I've done business interviews, behavioral interviews, all types since I was 15, when I walked into Baylor and did my first interview and got into my first summer program. But for some reason, I feel like I did terrible at this. I feel disappointed. At the end of the interview I asked her a few questions about what she enjoyed most about working at Disney, and listened to her answer, and said, Yes! Exactly, that how I feel too, I think Disney is...etc. I tried to have a short conversation with her at the end with the questions and to actually connect with her. But I'd say something and would wait to see what she says, but she was silent that whole time, so it ended up being just me talking and trying not to feel awkward. In the end, she seemed restless and I thought she probably had to go, so I thanked her for what she shared with me and said I really appreciated her time.
But after this, maybe the disney college program isn't for me after all. If all this want is workers who do QSFB and not college students who want to build their resume and learn from Disney as a successful business model, then I'm not suited for this.
