Disney College Program, Application and Interview Tips

Hey everyone! I thought this might be helpful if I posted the powerpoint information I got from the Disney at Uconn club. It has info about the application (including the web application) and the interview with tips on how to do well and actual questions people from the club were asked. Enjoy and Happy New Year!!

Application

• Live Presentation/ View E-Presenation (will be given a code to submit for application)

• Basic Information – short, should not take very long

• School attending/major

• Past work experience

• Hobbies

• Skills/language skills

Web-based Interview

• Immediately after submitting initial portion of application

• TIMED – set aside about an hour so you can finish this uninteruppted

• More of a personality test, i.e. “Do you think you work faster than the average person?”, “Compared to an average employee, do you work harder?”, “Are you late or miss work more often or less often than others?”

• You answer these questions based on a scale system (1-5)

• Good rule of thumb to choose either 2 or 4 if an awkward question

Phone Interview-Example Questions 

• WHY DO YOU WANT TO DO THE COLLEGE PROGRAM?-HUGELY important. Think about this, even write it out before the interview!

 Basic Information

• Ever worked for Disney in the past?

• When would I be applying for (Fall, Fall Advantage,Spring, Spring Advantage, etc.)?

• Receptive to the pay of appx. $7.25-8?

• Receptive to “Disney Look”?

• Have tattoos/piercings/etc. that are not able to be covered?

• Criminal record?

 Work-Focused Questions

• Past work experience:
  
  • Discuss your past jobs
  • Hardest part of your job, how it was resolved?
  • The most rewarding aspect of your job?
  • What is the pace you work at?
  • Do you work best by yourself or with others?
   

 Living With Others

• Would you be okay with living in an apartment with anywhere from 1 to seven roommates?

• What are problems you could foresee as being an issue between roommates?

• What would you do if no one was cleaning the apartment?

Roles

• Might really push the Quick Service role, SAY NO IF YOU DON'T WANT IT (and have a reason why, example: "I've worked in Quick Service in the past and want to try something new."

• Rate which roles you want the most

• Be sure you have reasons for why you WANT the roles you picked

• Be sure you can back this up by saying why Disney should want YOU to have this as a role (TIP:Go over the role sheet to see the responsibilities associated with each of the roles you are applying for: be sure to discuss that you are capable of fulfilling these responsibilities)

Situational Questions

• What would you do if a child was too short to go on a ride?

• What would you say to a guest if they were having trouble finding something in your store?

• What would you say to an unhappy guest if there were long lines on a popular ride?

• If, in the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique the appointments were running very late, what is something you could say to the waiting guests?

Wrapping up the interview....

• When is your favorite time of year to visit Disney?

• Would you mind working outside?

• What is your favorite thing about Disney?

• What is your favorite attraction at Disney?

• Do you have any questions for the interviewer? ALWAYS ASK SOMETHING (it shows interest) (examples: Possibility to extend? How long for a decision? ect)

 Total Time: 21-22 minutes