Last Friday I decided to apply to the Disney College Program! I pretty much knew nothing about it, only that I wanted to work for Disney. I mean come on, who doesn't want to work for Disney?! It's Disney! And it would benefit me so much since I'm a hospitality major and I'm graduating in May and I still have no clue what I want to do. So if you don't know what the Disney College Program is I will tell you! Disney hires college students as interns at Walt Disney World and Disneyland throughout the year. There are different areas you can work in like attractions, food & beverage, hotels, merchandise, and so much more. It is a paid internship and they do provide housing! Obviously you have to pay for the housing and you get paid minimum wage but hello! YOU ARE WORKING FOR DISNEY AND LIVING YOUR DREAM! So yeah...that's a thing!
Back to my application. I applied on Friday. I went through it so fast. It was the easiest application I have ever done. It only asked basic stuff like name, address, school, work experience, nothing personal at all. The only other thing they asked was what roles I was interested the most rating it from no interest to high interest. I chose Hospitality (front desk) and vacation planner as high interest mainly because those two directly pertain to my major. But now since I've done more research I think merchandising seems fun and I wouldn't mind doing it all day! I finished it so quickly and didn't look it over because I was in a "this is so straightforward how can I screw up" mentality. Let me first just say that is stupid. Always, ALWAYS recheck your applications to make sure everything is right. Luckily I didn't do too poorly because I got the WBI (web base interview)!
So what is the WBI you ask? It is kind of like a personality test that Disney uses to see who can advance to the phone interviews. There are questions like "are you a positive person?" or "what wold you do if a child is hurt?" and things like that. There are tons of questions and a lot of the questions are the same just worded differently. So you had to make sure to be consistent while answering the questions. I was so nervous for this because my journey could've ended right then and there without any actual human contact. It was sad to think about, but I knew I could do it! And I did! I was so happy I passed! Now I was on to the phone interviews!
My phone interview is scheduled for Monday at 1:45. I'm kind of freaking out. I'm trying to prepare but not worry too much. I don't want to over prepare and sound rehearsed because that just sounds horrible, but I'm definitely on those Facebook pages reading everything about everyone else's interviews and experiences. So time to go back to worrying, listening to disney songs, watching vlogs, and reading my new book, Walt Disney: An American Original.
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