I finally had my phone interview for the Disney College Program last night!
I came back from work around 10:00 P.M., and was terrified to see that a "Restricted Number" had called my phone while I was out! I was so worried that there'd been a mix-up!
So I waited with trepidation, making sure I had everything ready, and my interviewer ended up calling me about 13 minutes later! Turns out she'd had some cancellations, and was just trying to call to see if she could fit me in at an earlier time. Phew!
Personally, I think the interview went pretty well. I could definitely "hear" my interviewer smiling on the other end of the line, and it made it SO much easier to keep smiling back, even though I was shaking like a leaf! Good thing vibrating arm and leg muscles don't translate over the telephone the way smiles do--I'd have been sunk!
As we went through the interview, I was actually pretty surprised by a lot of the questions--reading the Disboards, I'd actually expected a lot more! We went through the basics of the program--living quarters, wage, all things confirming what I knew already--and she asked if I anticipated living problems--I told her I already lived in a diversified dorm and the biggest problem I anticipated was cooking my own food! Then we moved on to some questions about the roles I'd chosen. I only checked off Attractions and Costuming, so she asked me if that was what I wanted, and I said yes, those were my top choices. We went over the QSFB option, which I declined, and then she asked me some basic things like whether I'd ever handled money before or whether I had a driver's license (No to both for me). I'm not sure why she did that, as they didn't fit the roles I selected...
Anyway, then we got into the things I expected for the roles I'd picked: Whether I had ever worked outdoors, had to mediate conflicts at work, lifted heavy objects, had operated computer systems at my job, was comfortable working with laundry, if I could name a time I'd had to give a speech to a big group and how much stuff I'd had to memorize at one time--that last one was the only question that really threw me off guard, so I ended up making a really conservative estimate of about three minutes, but added that I was sure I could do more if I had to. I hope I didn't sell myself short! She also asked if I was a team player or preferred to work by myself--I said that if there was a job that required me to work alone, I would do that, and if the task required me to be a team player, I would do that.
And that was pretty much it. She didn't ask me anything about my favorite character, attraction, movie or park. She didn't even ask me "The Space Mountain Question" for attractions. I hardly even got to go through half the reasons I wanted to work for Disney! In the end I felt really overprepared, thanks to these boards! I asked her a few questions at the end, and she gave me some figures about how many interviews they were conducting, but I don't know if that's confidential info that I shouldn't post here--anybody have an ideas about that? I'll post it if it's legal.
Anyway, I guess I have mixed feelings about the interview. She was really nice and friendly, which made me really happy, and I know I answered the questions well and really worked to project my happiness and my wish to get into the program. I really feel I'm qualified for the roles I picked and that my previous experience shows that. But I was disappointed not to have been given the chance to "show off" the work I'd put into preparing some of my answers!
Maybe my interviewer was tired by that late hour? And I'm also worried about just having picked two roles. I don't think it'll affect my chances though? I applied for Fall (Fall Advantage is full I think?), so we'll see!
It was still a great experience, though, so great that I wish I could do it again!
I came back from work around 10:00 P.M., and was terrified to see that a "Restricted Number" had called my phone while I was out! I was so worried that there'd been a mix-up!
So I waited with trepidation, making sure I had everything ready, and my interviewer ended up calling me about 13 minutes later! Turns out she'd had some cancellations, and was just trying to call to see if she could fit me in at an earlier time. Phew!Personally, I think the interview went pretty well. I could definitely "hear" my interviewer smiling on the other end of the line, and it made it SO much easier to keep smiling back, even though I was shaking like a leaf! Good thing vibrating arm and leg muscles don't translate over the telephone the way smiles do--I'd have been sunk!
As we went through the interview, I was actually pretty surprised by a lot of the questions--reading the Disboards, I'd actually expected a lot more! We went through the basics of the program--living quarters, wage, all things confirming what I knew already--and she asked if I anticipated living problems--I told her I already lived in a diversified dorm and the biggest problem I anticipated was cooking my own food! Then we moved on to some questions about the roles I'd chosen. I only checked off Attractions and Costuming, so she asked me if that was what I wanted, and I said yes, those were my top choices. We went over the QSFB option, which I declined, and then she asked me some basic things like whether I'd ever handled money before or whether I had a driver's license (No to both for me). I'm not sure why she did that, as they didn't fit the roles I selected...
Anyway, then we got into the things I expected for the roles I'd picked: Whether I had ever worked outdoors, had to mediate conflicts at work, lifted heavy objects, had operated computer systems at my job, was comfortable working with laundry, if I could name a time I'd had to give a speech to a big group and how much stuff I'd had to memorize at one time--that last one was the only question that really threw me off guard, so I ended up making a really conservative estimate of about three minutes, but added that I was sure I could do more if I had to. I hope I didn't sell myself short! She also asked if I was a team player or preferred to work by myself--I said that if there was a job that required me to work alone, I would do that, and if the task required me to be a team player, I would do that.And that was pretty much it. She didn't ask me anything about my favorite character, attraction, movie or park. She didn't even ask me "The Space Mountain Question" for attractions. I hardly even got to go through half the reasons I wanted to work for Disney! In the end I felt really overprepared, thanks to these boards! I asked her a few questions at the end, and she gave me some figures about how many interviews they were conducting, but I don't know if that's confidential info that I shouldn't post here--anybody have an ideas about that? I'll post it if it's legal.
Anyway, I guess I have mixed feelings about the interview. She was really nice and friendly, which made me really happy, and I know I answered the questions well and really worked to project my happiness and my wish to get into the program. I really feel I'm qualified for the roles I picked and that my previous experience shows that. But I was disappointed not to have been given the chance to "show off" the work I'd put into preparing some of my answers!
Maybe my interviewer was tired by that late hour? And I'm also worried about just having picked two roles. I don't think it'll affect my chances though? I applied for Fall (Fall Advantage is full I think?), so we'll see!It was still a great experience, though, so great that I wish I could do it again!
Hope you hear back quick! I thought my interview was WAY different then I expected!!
Thanks for the good wishes! 
But I stand by my top two choices!
Oh, well.
