Well, I applied for Disneyland too. I'd prefer to be in Florida for a lot of reasons, but I'll take California if that's what I get. Besides, I think a West-Coast Adventure would probably be pretty nice, since it isn't someplace that I am really interested in spending a lot of time traveling to and definitely not interested in living there over the long term. But 6 months? I can do that, and it would probably be JUST enough time for me to enjoy it without getting sick of it.
Now, why couldn't my interview for the Disney World program have gone as good as my Disneyland interview?
The woman who interviewed me was SO sweet and nice. In between questions she talked to me about her kids and being from non-California states and she was just really friendly and personable. I liked her MUCH better than the person who did my Disney World interview. For DL, I checked off every role I would be willing to work in any capacity at all, and I said my top choices were custodial and full service restaurant.
She asked me around 10 questions relating to full service restaurant, so I think that if I get in, that is the job I am going to get. I have worked in a restaurant FOREVER, and my dad owns it which means that I am pretty much a slave there and have done EVERY SINGLE JOB that there is at our restaurant. Which, in interview terms means that I have a LOT of experience working in a restaurant.
I have heard that the Disneyland program is way more competitive since it is such a smaller place in general, but the irony of this is that I think I have a way better chance of being accepted by Disneyland than Disney World. I just have to wait and see!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Pending!
Well I got this email yesterday...
If I don't hear back in a month (the original date for 6 weeks) I am going to call...I know it says December 1st, but I'm sure that like many others who applied early, I need to figure out what I'll be doing in January. I mean, many of us DID apply early for a reason!
| Dear Stephanie, Thank you for your interest in the Disney College Program! We were so excited you took the time to see our presentation and interview with us. We hope you find this opportunity to be as exciting as we do. We are currently processing your application for the Spring 2010 Season, and at this time, your status is pending a final decision. The Disney College Program is a competitive internship and we receive thousands of applications every program season. Our team is evaluating your qualifications, and you will be contacted with an update on the status of your application by December 1st, 2009. If you are not contacted within this timeframe, please contact our office at wdw.college.recruiting@disney. We sincerely thank you for your enthusiasm and interest in the Disney College Program. We will be in contact with you as noted above. Sincerely, |
If I don't hear back in a month (the original date for 6 weeks) I am going to call...I know it says December 1st, but I'm sure that like many others who applied early, I need to figure out what I'll be doing in January. I mean, many of us DID apply early for a reason!
Monday, September 21, 2009
11 Days
11 days since my interview! It seems like it's been taking ~3 weeks for people to hear back. I really wish I didn't know how to use the internet sometimes. It's just feeding my paranoia, reading the disboards college section and the facebook group! But at least all of the people in those groups who haven't heard back yet are in the same boat as me!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
I HATE WAITING
I am so impatient! I just want to know already! It's only been seven days, though. I'm really afraid I won't get accepted, because from what I've read, ALL of the roles I selected are highly competitive and selective. Man, why didn't I pick Quick Service Food & Beverage, Merchandise, and Attractions? Ahhh
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Waiting
Waiting is killing me, and it has only been three days since my interview! Aaah I don't know how I will last four to six weeks! At least from what I have been reading, most people have been hearing back in two or three weeks .Just gotta take it day by day!
I had a pretty good talk with my boyfriend last night about what we are going to do if I get accepted, because I am DEFINITELY going to go if I get in! He is really encouraging me to do it if I get in and not worry about people back home (including him...) forgetting about me. I never had to worry about those things when I went to college, because I live 45 minutes away from Boston, the biggest college city in the world. So, I ended up staying around here for school. This basically means that even when I went to college (and lived the for a year!) the experience was totally different than if I had gone to school in another city and had to learn how to "Fend for myself" more.
I've worked for my dad since I was 10 (!!!) and I still do. I've never had a real job anywhere else, either, and since I still live with my parents, my only bills have been my car and car insurance bills. This is my last semester at Mount Ida College, finishing my associates in Funeral Service, and next September I'm hoping to go to UMass or someplace to finish my bachelor's in nursing-one degree helps me take care of the living, and one degree helps me take care of the dead! The timing seems perfect for me to do something like this, and I'd rather not spend January-September in Massachusetts working and doing the things I normally do. This is a good opportunity to try something like this, and probably the only chance I'll ever have.
I really hope I get in, because not only will I get to live and work at my FAVORITE PLACE for four months, but I'll also learn a lot of the responsibilities I've never really had to deal with before. I've never had to pay rent or be on a real budget, and the job I have right now (waitressing!) pays SO GOOD. I seriously make like $500 in a weekend serving breakfast and lunch on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and dinner every other Friday. So, $500 CASH under the table, in 18-22 hours of work. And the only bills I have are about $370 a month for car and insurance. I'm going to pay my car and insurance DOUBLE from now until December so I don't have to worry about those bills while I'm in Florida if I get in, because I've heard paychecks are only $80 or so a week after rent is taken out. Even though I am sure it will be AWFUL to be on that tight of a budget working nearly double what I'm working now for less than 25% of what I make now, I think it will be worthwhile and a situation I NEED to experience so I can teach myself how to be more careful with money. Because, right now, I plow through my money like crazy and have NO savings, I just SPEND SPEND SPEND, and I need to learn how to be on a real BUDGET. That part of it might not be fun, but I am looking forward to the challenge.
I had a pretty good talk with my boyfriend last night about what we are going to do if I get accepted, because I am DEFINITELY going to go if I get in! He is really encouraging me to do it if I get in and not worry about people back home (including him...) forgetting about me. I never had to worry about those things when I went to college, because I live 45 minutes away from Boston, the biggest college city in the world. So, I ended up staying around here for school. This basically means that even when I went to college (and lived the for a year!) the experience was totally different than if I had gone to school in another city and had to learn how to "Fend for myself" more.
I've worked for my dad since I was 10 (!!!) and I still do. I've never had a real job anywhere else, either, and since I still live with my parents, my only bills have been my car and car insurance bills. This is my last semester at Mount Ida College, finishing my associates in Funeral Service, and next September I'm hoping to go to UMass or someplace to finish my bachelor's in nursing-one degree helps me take care of the living, and one degree helps me take care of the dead! The timing seems perfect for me to do something like this, and I'd rather not spend January-September in Massachusetts working and doing the things I normally do. This is a good opportunity to try something like this, and probably the only chance I'll ever have.
I really hope I get in, because not only will I get to live and work at my FAVORITE PLACE for four months, but I'll also learn a lot of the responsibilities I've never really had to deal with before. I've never had to pay rent or be on a real budget, and the job I have right now (waitressing!) pays SO GOOD. I seriously make like $500 in a weekend serving breakfast and lunch on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and dinner every other Friday. So, $500 CASH under the table, in 18-22 hours of work. And the only bills I have are about $370 a month for car and insurance. I'm going to pay my car and insurance DOUBLE from now until December so I don't have to worry about those bills while I'm in Florida if I get in, because I've heard paychecks are only $80 or so a week after rent is taken out. Even though I am sure it will be AWFUL to be on that tight of a budget working nearly double what I'm working now for less than 25% of what I make now, I think it will be worthwhile and a situation I NEED to experience so I can teach myself how to be more careful with money. Because, right now, I plow through my money like crazy and have NO savings, I just SPEND SPEND SPEND, and I need to learn how to be on a real BUDGET. That part of it might not be fun, but I am looking forward to the challenge.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Phone Interview!
I had my phone interview today, scheduled for 12:15! I just applied yesterday (completely on a whim!) and didn't really have time to prepare for it. I read up on the interview process a little bit online and hoped for the best.
The girl I talked to seemed pretty nice.
First, she verified some information on my application, and then verified the roles I was interested in. She asked me some questions about work experience, and what I like best about my job and worst, and best and worst experiences.
I told her the best thing I like about my job is it is "wholesome". I said my family owns it and it is a nice place to work, and rambled on about that a little more. I feel like I did a lot of rambling during it!
I told her the worst worst experiences are basically when a customer is unhappy and no matter what you try to do to make their experience better, they refuse to be receptive at all and just want to be negative about things even though you're trying to help. I hope this answer doesn't make me seem pessimistic and like I'm not good at working with people, ahhh.
Then she asked some questions that were specifically about the positions I was interested in.
Since BBB was my #1 choice, she asked about that first.
1-Asked what kind of experience I had doing hair/nails/makeup.
I feel like my answer to this might break my chances of getting into the CP completely if they are discriminatory at all. I said that I didn't have experience in the traditional sense (salon) but a big part of my training at school is doing hair and cosmetics for people to be viewed at their funerals. I said that I've done a lot of this from helping at school and at a funeral home in Worcester. I said that it is really important that their hair and makeup and nails all look really good, because people are going to be staring at it for hours and will complain if it doesn't look good! LOL so I may have freaked them out with my answer and completely turned them off from any chance at accepting me by saying I TOUCH DEAD PEOPLE. I hope they don't!
2-Asked what I would do if a little girl was hesitant about getting her Princess makeover and didn't want to go through with it.
First, let me say that when I was looking up information about interview questions for BBB, nobody had any info on them besides the first question, because it seems like they don't consider you at all if you don't have relative experience. So at least I got more than one question in it!!! For this one, I said that I would ask her about who her favorite princess is, and if we have that costume available offer it to her, and then tell her she will look sooo beautiful when her makeover is done, and if she gets to meet that princess that day, the princess will really love how she looks.
3-How do you feel about working in a busy/stressful environment?
I said that my current job at a diner is like that, and we are always busy with tons of customers so I'm used to it and would be able to pick up the pace at a new job really quickly due to the fact that I already know how to handle those situations!
The other questions I got asked were about hospitality and concierge, so they were a little more generic...
1-What would you do if a guest selected a certain room view but you were sold out of it?
I said I would offer them alternative room views and offer to call them and offer a room change during their stay at the first chance the room they wanted became available.
2-How would you make guests feel welcome?
I said I'd smile and welcome them, and offer to point them in the direction of where they need to be because they are at an unfamiliar place, or ask if there was anything I could help them do to make their stay better, and overall just let them know that the employees are there to help make their stay enjoyable!
There were some other questions too, but they were basically generic interview questions. Really, the only reason I can see myself getting rejected is because my major is really creepy. It might freak them out a little. I hope it doesn't, because I swear that funeral directors and kids who are in school to be funeral directors are NOT creepy at all! I thought I would show up at funeral school and be surrounded by a bunch of rejects who looked like Hot Topic threw up on them, but I was luckily completely wrong(besides like 2 kids who changed majors because it wasn't what they thought it would be...they don't let you start embalming from day one, lol)! There were a lot professional adults changing careers, and most of the kids were pretty normal 18 year olds, if anyone walked into that classroom they would have just assumed it was a normal business class!
So anyways...I hope I get in! And I hope I get to work at Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique!!!
The girl I talked to seemed pretty nice.
First, she verified some information on my application, and then verified the roles I was interested in. She asked me some questions about work experience, and what I like best about my job and worst, and best and worst experiences.
I told her the best thing I like about my job is it is "wholesome". I said my family owns it and it is a nice place to work, and rambled on about that a little more. I feel like I did a lot of rambling during it!
I told her the worst worst experiences are basically when a customer is unhappy and no matter what you try to do to make their experience better, they refuse to be receptive at all and just want to be negative about things even though you're trying to help. I hope this answer doesn't make me seem pessimistic and like I'm not good at working with people, ahhh.
Then she asked some questions that were specifically about the positions I was interested in.
Since BBB was my #1 choice, she asked about that first.
1-Asked what kind of experience I had doing hair/nails/makeup.
I feel like my answer to this might break my chances of getting into the CP completely if they are discriminatory at all. I said that I didn't have experience in the traditional sense (salon) but a big part of my training at school is doing hair and cosmetics for people to be viewed at their funerals. I said that I've done a lot of this from helping at school and at a funeral home in Worcester. I said that it is really important that their hair and makeup and nails all look really good, because people are going to be staring at it for hours and will complain if it doesn't look good! LOL so I may have freaked them out with my answer and completely turned them off from any chance at accepting me by saying I TOUCH DEAD PEOPLE. I hope they don't!
2-Asked what I would do if a little girl was hesitant about getting her Princess makeover and didn't want to go through with it.
First, let me say that when I was looking up information about interview questions for BBB, nobody had any info on them besides the first question, because it seems like they don't consider you at all if you don't have relative experience. So at least I got more than one question in it!!! For this one, I said that I would ask her about who her favorite princess is, and if we have that costume available offer it to her, and then tell her she will look sooo beautiful when her makeover is done, and if she gets to meet that princess that day, the princess will really love how she looks.
3-How do you feel about working in a busy/stressful environment?
I said that my current job at a diner is like that, and we are always busy with tons of customers so I'm used to it and would be able to pick up the pace at a new job really quickly due to the fact that I already know how to handle those situations!
The other questions I got asked were about hospitality and concierge, so they were a little more generic...
1-What would you do if a guest selected a certain room view but you were sold out of it?
I said I would offer them alternative room views and offer to call them and offer a room change during their stay at the first chance the room they wanted became available.
2-How would you make guests feel welcome?
I said I'd smile and welcome them, and offer to point them in the direction of where they need to be because they are at an unfamiliar place, or ask if there was anything I could help them do to make their stay better, and overall just let them know that the employees are there to help make their stay enjoyable!
There were some other questions too, but they were basically generic interview questions. Really, the only reason I can see myself getting rejected is because my major is really creepy. It might freak them out a little. I hope it doesn't, because I swear that funeral directors and kids who are in school to be funeral directors are NOT creepy at all! I thought I would show up at funeral school and be surrounded by a bunch of rejects who looked like Hot Topic threw up on them, but I was luckily completely wrong(besides like 2 kids who changed majors because it wasn't what they thought it would be...they don't let you start embalming from day one, lol)! There were a lot professional adults changing careers, and most of the kids were pretty normal 18 year olds, if anyone walked into that classroom they would have just assumed it was a normal business class!
So anyways...I hope I get in! And I hope I get to work at Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique!!!
I applied for the College Program!
I applied for the College Program at Walt Disney World yesterday! It is something I have been interested in for a while, but never really had an opportune time to just take a semester off and do it. Well, right now I am in my last semester of school at Mount Ida College in Newton, MA. I don't have a job in my field (funeral service) lined up for after graduation, and I think I might finish up my bachelor's degree at another school starting next fall. That leaves me without any real plans this spring semester. I could easily get more hours at work or a second job and just save money, or I could go down to Disney World, live & work there for 5 months and make hopefully enough money to pay for my car and living expenses!
The Walt Disney World College Program is basically a program for college students where you do an internship at Disney for a semester instead of going to school (they do, however, have classes you can take there, which may or may not count as credits from your school...). During that program, you live and work at Disney. They have their own apartments that participants get to live in while they work at WDW and rent comes out of your paycheck, and I hear the rent is between $80-100 a week. You have a roommate and live with up to 7 other people. They also provide transportation to/from work and to places on Disney property, as well as grocery stores and shopping malls etc.
So, I sort of decided to do this on a whim. I read some forums about the program yesterday and it seemed to me like a lot of people had been seriously considering applying for months and months and knew everything they were supposed to do and were freaking out over it. I kind of got the gist of what I was supposed to do. They have this informational video about it on the website, which I watched. After you watch it they give you a code which allows you to fill out the application, which is kind of like a basic job application, but you also fill out information on your college.
The application lets you check off the types of jobs you would be interested in doing while you are working there. There are a bunch to choose from, but these are what I picked...
Concierge-it seems like in this job, you work concierge at a hotel or park, and do concierge things such as helping guests buy tickets, greeting people, etc.
Hospitality-check people in/out of hotels, luggage service, answering phones, etc.
Vacation Planner-your job is basically to sit in a booth at the front of the theme parks and sell tickets
annnnnd last but certainly not least, and the job I want THE MOST if I get picked...
Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique Fairy Godmother in Training-In this job, you get to work at the BBB in either Downtown Disney or inside Cinderella Castle itself (!!!). BBB is like a salon where parents bring their daughters to get all dressed up like either Disney Princesses or Hannah Montana. You do their hair, nails, and makeup, and make them feel like a princess. I really want this job the most, but I'll be happy if I just get into the program! But I am keeping my fingers crossed!
After I finished filling out the application, there was an "online interview" which was like one of those internet personality tests where it asks a question and asks you to rate how you feel about it on a scale of 1-5 if you strongly agree (1) or strongly disagree (5). You only have like 20 seconds to pick an answer for each one, so you don't really have time to think about what the employer wants to hear!
After I finished the "online interview" they gave me a phone number to call to schedule a phone interview*! I got my interview for the next day (Today!!!) at 12:15 pm, which left me with little time to prepare!
*Apparently, you can fail the online interview and they won't even let you do a phone interview. It seems really inefficient! But at least I "passed"
The Walt Disney World College Program is basically a program for college students where you do an internship at Disney for a semester instead of going to school (they do, however, have classes you can take there, which may or may not count as credits from your school...). During that program, you live and work at Disney. They have their own apartments that participants get to live in while they work at WDW and rent comes out of your paycheck, and I hear the rent is between $80-100 a week. You have a roommate and live with up to 7 other people. They also provide transportation to/from work and to places on Disney property, as well as grocery stores and shopping malls etc.
So, I sort of decided to do this on a whim. I read some forums about the program yesterday and it seemed to me like a lot of people had been seriously considering applying for months and months and knew everything they were supposed to do and were freaking out over it. I kind of got the gist of what I was supposed to do. They have this informational video about it on the website, which I watched. After you watch it they give you a code which allows you to fill out the application, which is kind of like a basic job application, but you also fill out information on your college.
The application lets you check off the types of jobs you would be interested in doing while you are working there. There are a bunch to choose from, but these are what I picked...
Concierge-it seems like in this job, you work concierge at a hotel or park, and do concierge things such as helping guests buy tickets, greeting people, etc.
Hospitality-check people in/out of hotels, luggage service, answering phones, etc.
Vacation Planner-your job is basically to sit in a booth at the front of the theme parks and sell tickets
annnnnd last but certainly not least, and the job I want THE MOST if I get picked...
Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique Fairy Godmother in Training-In this job, you get to work at the BBB in either Downtown Disney or inside Cinderella Castle itself (!!!). BBB is like a salon where parents bring their daughters to get all dressed up like either Disney Princesses or Hannah Montana. You do their hair, nails, and makeup, and make them feel like a princess. I really want this job the most, but I'll be happy if I just get into the program! But I am keeping my fingers crossed!
After I finished filling out the application, there was an "online interview" which was like one of those internet personality tests where it asks a question and asks you to rate how you feel about it on a scale of 1-5 if you strongly agree (1) or strongly disagree (5). You only have like 20 seconds to pick an answer for each one, so you don't really have time to think about what the employer wants to hear!
After I finished the "online interview" they gave me a phone number to call to schedule a phone interview*! I got my interview for the next day (Today!!!) at 12:15 pm, which left me with little time to prepare!
*Apparently, you can fail the online interview and they won't even let you do a phone interview. It seems really inefficient! But at least I "passed"
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