Today marks one week passing since I did my phone interview. Hopefully that means anywhere between today and 2 to 3 more weeks, my folder will come, or my email will come. This wait is miserable. Since I go to school in Connecticut, we have had three snow days in the past week and a half. Its crazy how much snow we have, legit 4 feet right now easily. This however does a poor job of distracting me from the wait lol. I am constantly on my computer and stuck in my house so therefore all I am doing is checking my email and the groups and all that jazz. Yay my life ha.
Blog nine in the books.
-Adam
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Now we play the dreaded waiting game....
Greeting once again fellow bloggers!
Last night at exactly 10pm (quite impressive actually), I had my phone interview for the Walt Disney World College Program. I was obviously very nervous but excited and prepared at the same time. I had 7 (seven!) pages of notes laid out in front of me on my bed. However, I do this thing where I pace back and forth non-stop when I am nervous so the amount of times where I actually stopped to look at those papers was very minimal. I had most of what I wanted to say memorized anyways!
My recruiter's name was Brandon and he was extremely nice. He was friendly and easy to understand and talk to. He asked me a lot about my past work experience and what attributes went with the skills I possessed. For example, I was a cashier so I have experience handling money and stuff like that. I think my versatility helped a lot with this because I am trained in 5 different departments at my job! He then asked me my top 4 roles (attractions, merch, character attendant, and bell service) and why I wanted each one. Following that was a specific question about each of those but none of those "stinger" questions like the kid being too short or someone kicking good ol' Mickey. So that was a relief. He asked me about being a team player or working solo, about the rate of pay, about the Disney look, and about the living situations. The hardest question he asked me was what I would do make a guest's day right off the bat if I was in Main Entrance Opps for example. That one was rather difficult but I think I gave a good answer. The first question he asked though was obviously why I wanted to work for Disney. Overall I think it went really well. I was confident leaving the interview and got just about everything said that I wanted to. Now I just have to wait the three to four weeks for that purple folder! I kinda want this pretty bad....(sarcasm, I'm buggin out!)
Good luck to everyone and just be calm and confident!
Blog eight in the books.
-Adam
Last night at exactly 10pm (quite impressive actually), I had my phone interview for the Walt Disney World College Program. I was obviously very nervous but excited and prepared at the same time. I had 7 (seven!) pages of notes laid out in front of me on my bed. However, I do this thing where I pace back and forth non-stop when I am nervous so the amount of times where I actually stopped to look at those papers was very minimal. I had most of what I wanted to say memorized anyways!
My recruiter's name was Brandon and he was extremely nice. He was friendly and easy to understand and talk to. He asked me a lot about my past work experience and what attributes went with the skills I possessed. For example, I was a cashier so I have experience handling money and stuff like that. I think my versatility helped a lot with this because I am trained in 5 different departments at my job! He then asked me my top 4 roles (attractions, merch, character attendant, and bell service) and why I wanted each one. Following that was a specific question about each of those but none of those "stinger" questions like the kid being too short or someone kicking good ol' Mickey. So that was a relief. He asked me about being a team player or working solo, about the rate of pay, about the Disney look, and about the living situations. The hardest question he asked me was what I would do make a guest's day right off the bat if I was in Main Entrance Opps for example. That one was rather difficult but I think I gave a good answer. The first question he asked though was obviously why I wanted to work for Disney. Overall I think it went really well. I was confident leaving the interview and got just about everything said that I wanted to. Now I just have to wait the three to four weeks for that purple folder! I kinda want this pretty bad....(sarcasm, I'm buggin out!)
Good luck to everyone and just be calm and confident!
Blog eight in the books.
-Adam
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Update!
I just took the web-based interview and.....PASSED! Im freaking out a little. I called and scheduled my phone interview and it is tomorrow night (Jan 20) at 10pm. Good luck to everyone who is applying! The web interview is not that bad at all. Just remember to be consistent and be honest. It took me about 20 minutes I think.
Blog seven in the books.
-Adam
Blog seven in the books.
-Adam
Sunday, January 16, 2011
College, Pats, 4 Days!!
Hey Everyone!
It's been a few days since my last blog so here's an update on everything that is exciting...a.k.a. my life.
I got back to UConn today because we start classes on Tuesday (18th). It is officially the start of my last semester at college (insert sad/happy/indifferent face here). I will miss being at college but I am excited to graduate and move on to bigger and better things (Disney). I will miss the friends, the opportunities, and the independence but I will not miss a lot of things as well lol. Classes can be fun sometimes, depending on the subject, teacher, peers, etc. I have been through some ups and downs in college with transferring and friends and learning a lot about myself. I can honestly say I came into freshman year not knowing who I was or what I was capable of. I went all out freshman year with partying and living up my freedom. I found out about half way through sophomore year that the person I was portraying was not me. I was doing all that in order to fit in. Now that I am graduating at the end of this semester, I am the most in tune with myself than I have ever been before. I am not afraid to be myself anymore and there is no longer a need to fit in because I wasn't even crazy about what I was trying to fit into. Always be yourself, it's the only person that someone can truly be all the time.
In other news, the Patriots just lost :(! Horrible evening if you ask me. They played pretty bad. The Jets had a great game plan and the best offense in the league was held under wraps. Still got the Celtics and Bruins to root for!
WDWCP apps come out in 4 days!!!!!!! I am so excited and so nervous at the same time. I hope everyone that I have talked to and come to know a little bit about, gets in because it would be amazing if we all got accepted. I know that some of us won't and that is scary but good luck to everyone! I have not been all that active in toxbox or skype chats because I am not crazy about video chatting but I have still come to know a few of you. Reading all the sappy (yet heartfelt and endearing) blogs about people's D-fam kinda makes me wish I got more involved with the video chatting. SO if I get accepted I will be looking to video chat way more often! Anybody got any room in the D-fam for me?
Blog six in the books.
-Adam
It's been a few days since my last blog so here's an update on everything that is exciting...a.k.a. my life.
I got back to UConn today because we start classes on Tuesday (18th). It is officially the start of my last semester at college (insert sad/happy/indifferent face here). I will miss being at college but I am excited to graduate and move on to bigger and better things (Disney). I will miss the friends, the opportunities, and the independence but I will not miss a lot of things as well lol. Classes can be fun sometimes, depending on the subject, teacher, peers, etc. I have been through some ups and downs in college with transferring and friends and learning a lot about myself. I can honestly say I came into freshman year not knowing who I was or what I was capable of. I went all out freshman year with partying and living up my freedom. I found out about half way through sophomore year that the person I was portraying was not me. I was doing all that in order to fit in. Now that I am graduating at the end of this semester, I am the most in tune with myself than I have ever been before. I am not afraid to be myself anymore and there is no longer a need to fit in because I wasn't even crazy about what I was trying to fit into. Always be yourself, it's the only person that someone can truly be all the time.
In other news, the Patriots just lost :(! Horrible evening if you ask me. They played pretty bad. The Jets had a great game plan and the best offense in the league was held under wraps. Still got the Celtics and Bruins to root for!
WDWCP apps come out in 4 days!!!!!!! I am so excited and so nervous at the same time. I hope everyone that I have talked to and come to know a little bit about, gets in because it would be amazing if we all got accepted. I know that some of us won't and that is scary but good luck to everyone! I have not been all that active in toxbox or skype chats because I am not crazy about video chatting but I have still come to know a few of you. Reading all the sappy (yet heartfelt and endearing) blogs about people's D-fam kinda makes me wish I got more involved with the video chatting. SO if I get accepted I will be looking to video chat way more often! Anybody got any room in the D-fam for me?
Blog six in the books.
-Adam
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
SNOW EVERYWHERE
I figured today would be a great day to update this thing since I will not be leaving my house anytime soon.....like for real....maybe not even tomorrow. In preparation for this blizzard I went out and bought some entertainment at Wal Mart last night. The following purchases were made: The Black Cauldron, Toy Story, and The Great Mouse Detective. Also having gotten The Lion King for Christmas, today could actually turn out to be a phenomenal day.
I also just finished typing up all the roles I am going to check off and why I want them/would be good at them. They include: Attractions, Concierge, Merchandise, Hospitality, Character Attendant, and Main Entrance Operations. I included the roles that I do not think would be a good fit for me and why as well. Having typed out everything is really helpful and will be very useful when interviewing (if I make it that far lol). I also typed out some possible interview questions and how I would answer them. The tricky part is remembering what I want to say though because you cannot simply read off a sheet when they ask you questions because that is lame and they will know.
I emailed the recruiting office last night because I had a question about the browser needed to apply for the program. It turns out, according to the email I received, you need to use Internet Explorer for the initial application (like name, school, birthday and stuff). Once that application is completed, you can use any browser to complete the web-based interview. So this means I will be borrowing a friends laptop for the application, then returning to my glorious Macbook for the dreaded web-based interview. 8 days!
In other exciting news in my life, I just got back from my first ever trip to Canada. My dad and I went to Montreal for a night to see the Bruins play the Canadiens. It was sick...the city is really nice and awkwardly clean! There is seriously like zero trash on the streets and literally everything is underground. You go into a little department store and it opens up into an underground mall. We went in a store and just kept going down. When we exited, we were three streets over from where we went in lol!
Blog five in the books.
-Adam
I also just finished typing up all the roles I am going to check off and why I want them/would be good at them. They include: Attractions, Concierge, Merchandise, Hospitality, Character Attendant, and Main Entrance Operations. I included the roles that I do not think would be a good fit for me and why as well. Having typed out everything is really helpful and will be very useful when interviewing (if I make it that far lol). I also typed out some possible interview questions and how I would answer them. The tricky part is remembering what I want to say though because you cannot simply read off a sheet when they ask you questions because that is lame and they will know.
I emailed the recruiting office last night because I had a question about the browser needed to apply for the program. It turns out, according to the email I received, you need to use Internet Explorer for the initial application (like name, school, birthday and stuff). Once that application is completed, you can use any browser to complete the web-based interview. So this means I will be borrowing a friends laptop for the application, then returning to my glorious Macbook for the dreaded web-based interview. 8 days!
In other exciting news in my life, I just got back from my first ever trip to Canada. My dad and I went to Montreal for a night to see the Bruins play the Canadiens. It was sick...the city is really nice and awkwardly clean! There is seriously like zero trash on the streets and literally everything is underground. You go into a little department store and it opens up into an underground mall. We went in a store and just kept going down. When we exited, we were three streets over from where we went in lol!
Blog five in the books.
-Adam
Thursday, January 6, 2011
New Tag Game!
Hey everyone!
So I thought that I would start a new blog-tag game since I don't have much else to talk about at the moment. All I have been doing is working and who wants to hear about that?....exactly.
Alright, the new game is that everyone has to share a really embarrassing moment that has happened in their lives! It will be fun and hopefully it can provide some laughs :P
My embarrassing moment that I am choosing to share takes place back when I was graduating 5th grade. This was a big deal in my school because it meant moving on to a different school, the middle school. Naturally there was this big ceremony thing in which we got called up and handed diplomas and all that fun stuff. It took place in our huge high school auditorium, pretty intimidating for a little 5th-6th grader!
Anyways, we all had to dress up so I had on nice pants and a button down shirt with these brand new dress shoes that looked great, but weren't the most comfortable in the world. These shoes would be the end of me. The stage was lined with balloons and banners congratulating all of us youngens for being so awesome and passing 5th grade. My name gets called. I proceed to walk up the stairs on to the stage in order to receive my diploma and shake the principles hand when.....boom, I trip UP the stairs because of my new awesome shoes. I fall forwards, onto my hands...popping two balloons in the process! What a noise that made! It was miserable. Everybody laughed and people just kept talking about it. The worst part? Having to stand on that stage facing the audience after my little performance while the whole rest of the fifth grade gets called out one at a time. My name is near the beginning of the alphabet. It was a glorious days in which, thanks to my parents, I will never forget.
Alright I am tagging Chip Langlois and Amanda Quintal! :)
Blog four in the books
-Adam
So I thought that I would start a new blog-tag game since I don't have much else to talk about at the moment. All I have been doing is working and who wants to hear about that?....exactly.
Alright, the new game is that everyone has to share a really embarrassing moment that has happened in their lives! It will be fun and hopefully it can provide some laughs :P
My embarrassing moment that I am choosing to share takes place back when I was graduating 5th grade. This was a big deal in my school because it meant moving on to a different school, the middle school. Naturally there was this big ceremony thing in which we got called up and handed diplomas and all that fun stuff. It took place in our huge high school auditorium, pretty intimidating for a little 5th-6th grader!
Anyways, we all had to dress up so I had on nice pants and a button down shirt with these brand new dress shoes that looked great, but weren't the most comfortable in the world. These shoes would be the end of me. The stage was lined with balloons and banners congratulating all of us youngens for being so awesome and passing 5th grade. My name gets called. I proceed to walk up the stairs on to the stage in order to receive my diploma and shake the principles hand when.....boom, I trip UP the stairs because of my new awesome shoes. I fall forwards, onto my hands...popping two balloons in the process! What a noise that made! It was miserable. Everybody laughed and people just kept talking about it. The worst part? Having to stand on that stage facing the audience after my little performance while the whole rest of the fifth grade gets called out one at a time. My name is near the beginning of the alphabet. It was a glorious days in which, thanks to my parents, I will never forget.
Alright I am tagging Chip Langlois and Amanda Quintal! :)
Blog four in the books
-Adam
Saturday, January 1, 2011
2011!
Happy New Year Everyone!
Hopefully this year brings an acceptance letter to the Disney College Program....apps come out SO SOON! This means that it is just about time to officially start gathering all my information that I will need and organize is so that it is easily accessible when needed. I know my top roles are attractions, merchandise, main entrance, concierge, and character attendant. I have zero desire for QSFB because I already work in a deli preparing food so I want something different. I would greatly discourage custodial because I do not deal with blood or vomit or anything of the sort very well. Weak stomach :/ and lastly, I cannot do lifeguard because of my tattoo. However, I could be persuaded into QSFB if it depends on me being accepted or not since this is literally the only time I can apply because I graduate in May! Crazy, I know.
That being said, I need to start writing out my reasons for wanting to do the program and why I would be a good candidate and all that jazz because the 20th (assuming apps come out then) is gonna be here before we know it.
Side note: I just bought two new books to hold me over until apps and then while I'm waiting for the infamous purple folder. I have already read Mousecatraz so I just got: The Hidden Magic of Walt Disney World, and also Walt Disney, An American Original which is basically his life story. Anybody read any of these?
Blog three in the books
-Adam
Hopefully this year brings an acceptance letter to the Disney College Program....apps come out SO SOON! This means that it is just about time to officially start gathering all my information that I will need and organize is so that it is easily accessible when needed. I know my top roles are attractions, merchandise, main entrance, concierge, and character attendant. I have zero desire for QSFB because I already work in a deli preparing food so I want something different. I would greatly discourage custodial because I do not deal with blood or vomit or anything of the sort very well. Weak stomach :/ and lastly, I cannot do lifeguard because of my tattoo. However, I could be persuaded into QSFB if it depends on me being accepted or not since this is literally the only time I can apply because I graduate in May! Crazy, I know.
That being said, I need to start writing out my reasons for wanting to do the program and why I would be a good candidate and all that jazz because the 20th (assuming apps come out then) is gonna be here before we know it.
Side note: I just bought two new books to hold me over until apps and then while I'm waiting for the infamous purple folder. I have already read Mousecatraz so I just got: The Hidden Magic of Walt Disney World, and also Walt Disney, An American Original which is basically his life story. Anybody read any of these?
Blog three in the books
-Adam
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