The Official Spring/Spring Advantage 2010 Thread!

[NicoleRose]

i know i'm a little farther behind than most poeple in the process but i passed my web interview! i've been waiting b/c we havent had real consistent internet connection and i didnt want to risk it going out in the middle of the interview! but everything went fine andd i passed it!!
going to schedule my phone interview in a little while, i'm inside a starbucks right now on my school break and i left the paper with the number in my car lol silly me

i'm excited!
my top role is character attendant and my other top two are hospitality and attractions so if anyone with similar selections has any advice, i'm all ears!!

 

[CursedCarolers]

I was already freaking out about the interview as it was and now I'm nervous because my phone number blocks private numbers. Will they bother to dial *82 before dialing my number if they don't get through the first time? Or can they not give their number away at all costs? Anybody know?

 

[NicoleRose]

i would call your service provider and ask to disable that feature temporarily

 

[disaddiction828]

Oh! Wait I think i figured it out! Is KS "Kilimanjaro Safaris"?

that is correct!!!

 

[Lauren in wonderland]

I was already freaking out about the interview as it was and now I'm nervous because my phone number blocks private numbers. Will they bother to dial *82 before dialing my number if they don't get through the first time? Or can they not give their number away at all costs? Anybody know?

see if you can have your number unblocked. or try calling the number you called to set up the interview and switch phone numbers if you can. although im not sure if they would give you another date altogether. =\

 

[Toffy]

I asked her to add Character Performer to my roles checklist, then asked about the new Disney rule (listed in http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2266168 ) that says that Disney will reserve a spot in another role if you fail the audition.

That's really weird... My recruiter made a big deal about it

 

[Pure_Imagination]

i know i'm a little farther behind than most poeple in the process but i passed my web interview! i've been waiting b/c we havent had real consistent internet connection and i didnt want to risk it going out in the middle of the interview! but everything went fine andd i passed it!!
going to schedule my phone interview in a little while, i'm inside a starbucks right now on my school break and i left the paper with the number in my car lol silly me

i'm excited!
my top role is character attendant and my other top two are hospitality and attractions so if anyone with similar selections has any advice, i'm all ears!!

YAY!!!!! I knew you could do it! Congrats!!!!

 

[NicoleRose]

YAY!!!!! I knew you could do it! Congrats!!!!

thanks kelly!!!!! sorry i didnt IM you back earlier today, i was in class

my phone interview is on monday lol my birthday at 4pm with kirsten!
anyone else have her yet?

 

[Pure_Imagination]

I haven't had her, but it's so cool that's on your birthday! Good luck!

 

[CursedCarolers]

*sigh* It's now been 12 minutes and still no call. I get the feeling they're skipping over me because my phone number blocks unknown numbers.

It's always something...

I'll wait another 10-15 minutes I suppose then I give up.

Edit: they called. I'm pretty sure I did absolutely awful. I still have hope but I'm a lot more nervous now than I was earlier. I just don't think I sounded happy or excited. I just sounded nervous and stupid and rehearsed. I couldn't get through one sentence without stuttering. The questions she asked me were not ones I was familiar with and I didn't get a cheery vibe from her to play off of. She was nice but not very bubbly like the girl I had last time.

My call only lasted 11 minutes. They said to wait for a letter in 4-6 weeks.

They asked: why do you want to work for disney? Tell us about your previous work experience. Give an example of how you multitask. Can you think of an example of when you worked unsupervised? What photography experience do you have? and give an example of one time when you've turned a negative situation into a more magical one.

Then it was the normal stuff.

 

[heathierose]

I passed the wed-based interview!! But missed the disney office hours to schedule my phone interview by 30 minutes so I gotta wait til tomorrow to call!! I've waited a year for this; mainly because I missed fall 09 deadline last year when I found out about it and then I wanted to wait til I'd be 21 so I wouldn't risk any chances of being kicked out if I drank lol. I was so happy for about 10 minutes til I told my boyfriend who says he has mixed feelings, he wants me to go for me but he doesn't want me to go because well be loosing our house and he doesn't wanna move in with my parents without me.
I just wanna be happy but I can't without knowing he's happy for me, ya know!

Congrats to everyone who got their phone interviews and wish me luck!

 

[Lauren in wonderland]

*sigh* It's now been 12 minutes and still no call. I get the feeling they're skipping over me because my phone number blocks unknown numbers.

It's always something...

I'll wait another 10-15 minutes I suppose then I give up.

Edit: they called. I'm pretty sure I did absolutely awful. I still have hope but I'm a lot more nervous now than I was earlier. I just don't think I sounded happy or excited. I just sounded nervous and stupid and rehearsed. I couldn't get through one sentence without stuttering. The questions she asked me were not ones I was familiar with and I didn't get a cheery vibe from her to play off of. She was nice but not very bubbly like the girl I had last time.

My call only lasted 11 minutes. They said to wait for a letter in 4-6 weeks.

They asked: why do you want to work for disney? Tell us about your previous work experience. Give an example of how you multitask. Can you think of an example of when you worked unsupervised? What photography experience do you have? and give an example of one time when you've turned a negative situation into a more magical one.

Then it was the normal stuff.

im sure you did fine. no need to be nervous. everyone seems to be getting differnt questions and differnt times. nothing is stable, and im pretty sure that might be a good thing.

----> mr. banana grabber?

 

[Lauren in wonderland]

I passed the wed-based interview!! But missed the disney office hours to schedule my phone interview by 30 minutes so I gotta wait til tomorrow to call!! I've waited a year for this; mainly because I missed fall 09 deadline last year when I found out about it and then I wanted to wait til I'd be 21 so I wouldn't risk any chances of being kicked out if I drank lol. I was so happy for about 10 minutes til I told my boyfriend who says he has mixed feelings, he wants me to go for me but he doesn't want me to go because well be loosing our house and he doesn't wanna move in with my parents without me.
I just wanna be happy but I can't without knowing he's happy for me, ya know!

Congrats to everyone who got their phone interviews and wish me luck!

you should just go with it and see how it plays out. you can always deny the inviation in the end if you really dont want to leave your boyfriend. but good luck with it all!

 

[MarinaAndCharlie]

I passed the wed-based interview!! But missed the disney office hours to schedule my phone interview by 30 minutes so I gotta wait til tomorrow to call!! I've waited a year for this; mainly because I missed fall 09 deadline last year when I found out about it and then I wanted to wait til I'd be 21 so I wouldn't risk any chances of being kicked out if I drank lol. I was so happy for about 10 minutes til I told my boyfriend who says he has mixed feelings, he wants me to go for me but he doesn't want me to go because well be loosing our house and he doesn't wanna move in with my parents without me.
I just wanna be happy but I can't without knowing he's happy for me, ya know!

Congrats to everyone who got their phone interviews and wish me luck!

I know how you feel! My darling boyfriend has very mixed feelings about me going off to Disney for a semester. The longest we've been apart in our 5 year relationship is 4 days! BUT you have to understand that while he is important to you, this CP is an amazing opportunity that will make you so dearly enthusiastic about life and about yourself that you know he'll have to find a way to understand if he's dearly enthusiastic about you! Talk to your DB in depth about other options if he doesn't want to move in with your parents without you. He can try to find a room to rent out in someone else's house or fill in for someone's sublease. If money is the issue, propose some ideas about him finding a program for himself. There are plenty that are work-for-board sort of setups. There are plenty that are short term commitments or no commitment at all to where he wouldn't have to worry about money. Just put in a few hours of work a day and you live for free in some amazing place (or your hometown, as programs such as WWOOF are all over the globe). Try to think proactively and you can find a nice situation for the both of you.

Congratulations on passing the web interview! I have my phone interview tomorrow!

 

[ashliejere]

CursedCarolers,

Sounds like you had the girl I had. She didn't sound bubbly at all. She yawned during my interview. (It was 10:45 at night, but still I noticed). She didn't say "great" after any of my answers. I fumbled around my answers too. I don't even remember what I said but I know it just came out in a rush so that's probably not a good sign. I feel uneasy about my interview too but I think it's because of the interviewer that I had. She told me to wait 4-6 weeks for my letter. Which I took as a bad sign but maybe that's just what she called it. It's been driving me nuts all day. I try to go over the interview to be like, "well, see...that wasn't such a bad answer" but I just remember being nervous and her sounding bored. ha.

 

[heathierose]

thanks for the advice, it's just real hard because he has 2 kids and a job here but cant afford a 2 bedroom without me. he's so stubborn!

 

[CursedCarolers]

CursedCarolers,

Sounds like you had the girl I had. She didn't sound bubbly at all. She yawned during my interview. (It was 10:45 at night, but still I noticed). She didn't say "great" after any of my answers. I fumbled around my answers too. I don't even remember what I said but I know it just came out in a rush so that's probably not a good sign. I feel uneasy about my interview too but I think it's because of the interviewer that I had. She told me to wait 4-6 weeks for my letter. Which I took as a bad sign but maybe that's just what she called it. It's been driving me nuts all day. I try to go over the interview to be like, "well, see...that wasn't such a bad answer" but I just remember being nervous and her sounding bored. ha.

Yeah she just had really long pauses after all of my answers so I felt like I should still be talking. An "okay" or "good, good" to bookmark my answers would've been much appreciated. I just kept saying "uhhh and...that's what I did for that" and stuff to finish things off. It's going to look so bad. haha.

----> mr. banana grabber?

Why would one banana wanna steal another banana? These are the questions I don't wanna have to answer!

 

[Jelliebean]

I tried for the last fall advantage and didn't get in I applied really late, though, and I don't think my phone interview went so well. Anyway, I'm trying again and hopefully will do better this time! My interview was just scheduled for Monday night, with Kaylee (I may be spelling that incorrectly), has anybody interviewed with her yet?

 

[Lauren in wonderland]

I tried for the last fall advantage and didn't get in I applied really late, though, and I don't think my phone interview went so well. Anyway, I'm trying again and hopefully will do better this time! My interview was just scheduled for Monday night, with Kaylee (I may be spelling that incorrectly), has anybody interviewed with her yet?

I applied for fall 09 and didnt get in as well. I applied in april which was really, but silly me waited for the recuiters to come to my school. then i recieved that unfortunate letter in june. =[ however i had my phone interview on tuesday afternoon so im glad to see someone else decied to try again. good luck!

 

[Jelliebean]

I applied for fall 09 and didnt get in as well. I applied in april which was really, but silly me waited for the recuiters to come to my school. then i recieved that unfortunate letter in june. =[ however i had my phone interview on tuesday afternoon so im glad to see someone else decied to try again. good luck!

I'm glad to see someone else tried again as well! Good luck to you, too. Hopefully it'll be better for us since we're earlier this year. Also, I talked to a lady last time about what I could do better for next time, and I think that will help me.

(ooh, also, on a random note, I used to live in NYC!)