The Official Spring/Spring Advantage 2010 Thread!

[hyperflame]

I got an email from Disney saying thanks for applying and I'll hear back in another 4 to 6 weeks. I'm really glad that I got SOMETHING, but I wish I could have been accepted. I really really really want Attractions and that's what the people who've been accepted have got. But yayyyyy for hearing back!

Yeah, I got that email as well. I'm kinda scared, since my interviewer told me to expect a response within 2 weeks, and now the email is quoting 4-6 weeks. Plus I'm pretty sure I did awesome on the phone interview.

But if it's just a standard form letter (which some people are saying), then I can rest easier.

Oh well, I just have to hope for it, Disney has a reputation for magic after all ;-).

 

[ashliejere]

Don't get nervous about the 4-6 weeks thing. Half of us were told 2-3 and the other half were told 4-6. Plus the website says 4-6. So, if it takes 4-6 don't get nervous. I think the 2-3 were for the new e-mail system and honestly, I think the only people who will hear back in 2-3 weeks are the ones who applied for more open roles like QSFB, etc.

 

[sneekypeeks]

Did they get accepted through email or mail? And everyone is getting the thank you letter. No need to stress, I got one last semester around this time as well. I found out I was accepted a week after I interviewed last semester (but I interviewed a month after the season started, so things were flowing a lot better than).

Don't stress yet, life is still good.

 

[Guyinthehall8]

Ok! So I had my interview last night with Kathy, who was a very nice lady. We started with the usual why do I want to work at disney and going over past experience and such. The main roles I discussed being interested in were photopass, attractions, merchandise, and character attendant. She saw on my resume my past experience as a waiter at outback steak house, and since I had selected that on my role sheet, there were a lot of questions there. She asked about my photography skills and such and why I would enjoy that. Then we got into my acting experience (I had put acting as one of my hobbies) and that lasted a little bit and she told me about how her young daughter is a dancer and wants to start acting too. Then we went into a few questions about weather, including what was my favorite type of weather, lol. Then back into role questions, she asked why I would like to do attractions, but indeed did not receive the infamous space mountain question. Then we got into just a ton of background/experience situational questions, like "What is an experience that has happened to you on a job where you managed to keep calm in an emergency?" and after those we went into hotel and hospitality questions, such as my computer experience and then "If you were working on a task at the front desk, a guest walked up, and the phone started ringing, in what order would you deal with those three things?" which seemed pretty basic. We then went through the needed stuff about being in college, age, pay wage, etc. etc. then she realized she skipped the merchandise question and asked the time tested one about out of stock merch. In conclusion, she asked me if I had any questions, and I really didn't, so I said "If you were me, what question would you ask?" and she goes "I would ask "what's stopping you from hiring me right now?"" so I asked that and she laughed and said "We have to go through the process first!" and then we concluded with the usual "Have a magical night" and such. I think it went pretty well, lasted a long time (almost 45 minutes) and they told me I can expect something by 4-6 weeks. Fingers crossed!!!!

 

[Princess Ash]

I just had my phone interview and I have to say it only lasted 18 minutes! Boy do I hope that's ok because I see that others were longer! I got the 2-3 week response rate but auditions aren't until the first week in November so I won't know yet...

My picks in order are:

Character Performer
Photopass Photographer
Concierge
Attractions

To track what I have to say with a bit more personality...please visit:

http://cpdisneyprincess.blogspot.com

 

[DOasDREAMERSdo]

Haha no worries disaddiction! Great minds think alike! :]
I got the "Thank you" e-mail too...my heart nearly jumped out of my chest when I saw an e-mail from Disney College Program with the subject "Thanks for interviewing." I thought it was gonna be a rejection!
Whew!!
Here's hoping we hear SOOONNN!!!

 

[Jelliebean]

I just checked and I got the Thank You email as well. I don't think I got it quite so soon last time (I think I got it 3-5 days after interviewing, as opposed to the next day this time). I'm so hoping for a 1-2 week time frame instead of this 4-6 week business!

 

[DisneyFan2000]

OMG! I almost just had a heart attack. I went into my email today and say I had an email from the College Program Recruiter....well it was just the Thanks for applying one....Ha looks like i can continue to bit my nails and check my email every hour

 

[ashliejere]

sneekypeeks...they are getting it through email.

 

[ZoeDisney]

Yea I got the email too, but it said it was from WDW. They are so confused with my application. I applied for DLR. I hope they get things straight. My interview was 18 minutes too! But you know what, I feel good about it. While I was waiting for the phone call I sat on a bench on my college campus. There was a bunch of artwork graffiti on the wall that I didn't pay attention to until I turned around and saw Mickey! Tell me that is not a coincidence!!!

 

[lala88]

yeah i had my interview today also and it was short like 15 minutes so that made me nervous but i had Kristen too and she was very nice but asked me questions like rapid fire. When i saw everyone was getting letters i got nervous because i havnt got one yet but i sounds like people are not getting them until the next day so i hope that is the case!

 

[sneekypeeks]

Thanks Ashli. I got my thank you note 6ish days after interviewing, so dont' worry just yet =)

 

[Kira]

Ok! So I had my interview last night with Kathy, who was a very nice lady. We started with the usual why do I want to work at disney and going over past experience and such. The main roles I discussed being interested in were photopass, attractions, merchandise, and character attendant. She saw on my resume my past experience as a waiter at outback steak house, and since I had selected that on my role sheet, there were a lot of questions there. She asked about my photography skills and such and why I would enjoy that. Then we got into my acting experience (I had put acting as one of my hobbies) and that lasted a little bit and she told me about how her young daughter is a dancer and wants to start acting too. Then we went into a few questions about weather, including what was my favorite type of weather, lol. Then back into role questions, she asked why I would like to do attractions, but indeed did not receive the infamous space mountain question. Then we got into just a ton of background/experience situational questions, like "What is an experience that has happened to you on a job where you managed to keep calm in an emergency?" and after those we went into hotel and hospitality questions, such as my computer experience and then "If you were working on a task at the front desk, a guest walked up, and the phone started ringing, in what order would you deal with those three things?" which seemed pretty basic. We then went through the needed stuff about being in college, age, pay wage, etc. etc. then she realized she skipped the merchandise question and asked the time tested one about out of stock merch. In conclusion, she asked me if I had any questions, and I really didn't, so I said "If you were me, what question would you ask?" and she goes "I would ask "what's stopping you from hiring me right now?"" so I asked that and she laughed and said "We have to go through the process first!" and then we concluded with the usual "Have a magical night" and such. I think it went pretty well, lasted a long time (almost 45 minutes) and they told me I can expect something by 4-6 weeks. Fingers crossed!!!!

I had Kathy too! She also asked me the "if you were working and had a guest come up to you/phone ring @ the same time" question as well. This question was one of the few that caught me off guard as I wasn't sure about how to answer it.

I said I would greet the guest in front of me and make sure it wasn't an emergency then answer the phone and ask them to hold, then return to the guest in front of me and help them.

How did you answer it?

 

[Guyinthehall8]

I had Kathy too! She also asked me the "if you were working and had a guest come up to you/phone ring @ the same time" question as well. This question was one of the few that caught me off guard as I wasn't sure about how to answer it.

I said I would greet the guest in front of me and make sure it wasn't an emergency then answer the phone and ask them to hold, then return to the guest in front of me and help them.

How did you answer it?

Haha, yeah, that's how I answered it too! Great minds think alike

 

[sosmember]

Hey all, this is my first post on these boards but I have been lurking around since February learning everything I can from all your posts. I'm applying for the CareerStart Program spring 2010 and I have already sent in my paperwork, completed the web interview (this was the part I dreaded most), and scheduled my phone interview for 10:15am tomorrow! I just wanted to say thank you to everyone here for being so helpful. You provided much needed information to fill in the HUGE gaps on Disney's official website (Am I the only one who feels the information provided on the CS and CP websites is a little lacking?). I also want to give a shout out to all the other CS people on these boards since we are kinda the redheaded stepchildren of the Disney programs haha. We are few, but we are mighty!

On a side note, I thought I would tell you my experience so far in applying. I checked every day since July to see if the presentation was up. When it finally was, I watched it and filled out the paperwork. Now, up until this point, I was under the impression that you needed a letter of recommendation. I had already asked my employer if she would write me one and she was happy to but wanted to know if it should be geared more toward education or work. The website didn't say anything about it so I assumed that it would be covered in the presentation (it wasn't lol). So I had to wait 3ish days after the presentation went up until Monday to get the letter and fax and mail it to Disney. This whole time I was following the instructions on the bottom of the application/role checklist. It was only after I watched the presentation again with my parents that I realized the policy had changed and you only had to fax the application/role checklist. Oh well, at least I sent them more than they wanted and not less. I guess a letter of recommendation and a redundant application can't really hurt me. I just wish I could have gotten my paperwork in that much sooner.

Anyway, sorry for the long post but I had a bit of catching up to do! Good luck everybody and thanks again!

 

[alltvseries]

If I watch the e-presentation...do I have to apply right then? can I still go to the presentation @ my school?

 

[khancock]

If I watch the e-presentation...do I have to apply right then? can I still go to the presentation @ my school?

You can, but you really have no need to wait. I've read that the school presentations cover both disneyland and disney world. which would mean that unless they are 3 hours, they probably don't really go into depth on either because each one is so totally different.

do the e-pres, apply, pass your personality profile, and then do your telephone interview. then go to the school presentation for fun.

 

[NicoleRose]

If I watch the e-presentation...do I have to apply right then? can I still go to the presentation @ my school?

if you watch the e-presentation, you can apply whenever you'd like just dont lose the code they show you at the end of the presentation.

and of course you can still go to the presentation at your school!
although its the same exact information lol

 

[alltvseries]

Thanks....I'm really anxious to watch the presentation but I would like to ask a couple of questions to the rep before applying.....

 

[Princess Ash]

Hey all, this is my first post on these boards but I have been lurking around since February learning everything I can from all your posts. I'm applying for the CareerStart Program spring 2010 and I have already sent in my paperwork, completed the web interview (this was the part I dreaded most), and scheduled my phone interview for 10:15am tomorrow! I just wanted to say thank you to everyone here for being so helpful. You provided much needed information to fill in the HUGE gaps on Disney's official website (Am I the only one who feels the information provided on the CS and CP websites is a little lacking?). I also want to give a shout out to all the other CS people on these boards since we are kinda the redheaded stepchildren of the Disney programs haha. We are few, but we are mighty!

On a side note, I thought I would tell you my experience so far in applying. I checked every day since July to see if the presentation was up. When it finally was, I watched it and filled out the paperwork. Now, up until this point, I was under the impression that you needed a letter of recommendation. I had already asked my employer if she would write me one and she was happy to but wanted to know if it should be geared more toward education or work. The website didn't say anything about it so I assumed that it would be covered in the presentation (it wasn't lol). So I had to wait 3ish days after the presentation went up until Monday to get the letter and fax and mail it to Disney. This whole time I was following the instructions on the bottom of the application/role checklist. It was only after I watched the presentation again with my parents that I realized the policy had changed and you only had to fax the application/role checklist. Oh well, at least I sent them more than they wanted and not less. I guess a letter of recommendation and a redundant application can't really hurt me. I just wish I could have gotten my paperwork in that much sooner.

Anyway, sorry for the long post but I had a bit of catching up to do! Good luck everybody and thanks again!

You sound very passionate and dedicated to it! Disney needs and loves employees like you! How did it go!?