SNEY INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Why do you want to do the Walt Disney World College Program? Always been a dream of mine meet new people develop professional skills What does Disney mean to you? Christmas morning/ happiest day of my life How will the college program help you professionally? As a theatre major the program helps me by putting me in a work environment where you are constantly putting on a performance to create the magic. What makes you a good candidate for the WDW CP? I bring a positive attitude, a great work ethic, and a constant need to learn. These three things paired with my dream to work for Disney makes me a great candidate for the WDW CP. What can you offer the company? Great leadership skills, a hard work ethic, and extensive customer service skills a few of many things I can offer the company. Explain how you would handle an emergency. I would stay calm in the face of an emergency. Call for help. Make sure guests and myself are safe. It all depends on the situation and being able to think quick on your feet and stay calm. I was in a situation where a man had collapsed and was having a heart attack and my dad and I were the only ones near. I called 911 and then helped my dad prop the man's head up a bit. I was 8 at the time and could remember that I had stayed calm during the entire process but as soon as everything was over i remember shaking with adrenaline. What Disney character is most like you? Belle- I have a need to learn new things and seek out adventure. I don't get bothered when people say negative things about me or think i'm odd because I am odd. I tend to not judge people by my first encounter with them and I look deeper to who they actually are. Tell me about your past jobs. My family does craft shows for a living so we travel a 17 state area selling handmade product. I am in charge of production, assembly, design, personalizing, cashiering, set up and tear down and creating pieces with customers. a craft show typically takes place over the weekend and is really busy. Im on my feet working rain or shine for sometimes 17 hours without a chance to go to the bathroom, eat or sit down. Because of the work ethic I have gained from doing craft shows, crafters without kids have sought out my siblings and I to work for them. Allowing me to work for a kettle corn booth, lemonade and german roasted almond booth, jewelry booth, handmade rugs, and furniture booth. when I am not working for my parents or for other crafters I have worked for companies like, Texas Roadhouse where I was an expeditor, Bello Cucina, where I was a hostess, bar tender, server, and desert and salad prep, McDonald's where I was a front of house crew member and Starbucks where I am a barista. How would your bosses (past & present) describe you? Energetic Honest Reliable Willing to help at the drop of a hat 3 words you/your manager/your coworkers would use to describe you? Energetic Reliable Down to earth Are you familiar with the parks, resorts, and Orlando area? Parks- absolutely Resorts- no, I haven't been there Orlando/Kissimmee- somewhat What are you most looking forward to? I'm most looking forward to going to sleep at night in my dorm and knowing that when I wake up I get to spend yet another day in Disney World. I'm also looking forward to meeting everyone and experiencing the flip side of a place I've come to know very well. Where would you prefer to work? Magic Kingdom as a princess or princess attendant or Haunted Mansion attraction worker What are three positive qualities about yourself? 1. I own up to and fix my mistakes 2. i have a high stamina (craft shows staying up in the rain or shine for sometimes 17 hours without getting tired or needing a break) 3. love interacting and getting to know new people 4. I'm a fast learner 5. staying positive in the face of negative circumstances 6. staying resilient (raziliant) What's a magical moment you've had in the Disney parks? God awful orange and teal sweatsuit and I was embarrassed to walk around at that age. We sat down to watch the Live Lion King show and I got selected out of the audience to go up and be in the performance. That was my first taste of working for the Disney company and all I had to do was stand up there and get my section of audience members to make giraffe noises. Describe a situation where I've had to work with a difficult person, boss or professor. This last semester, I worked in a group for a performance class where our final project was to put on a performance for our class. My group and I had to work with a classmate who did not show up half the time and who did not pull their weight evenly but still expected an equal part in the performance as everyone in the group. As a group, we sat and figured out a solution where the classmate could still be in the performance but also helped out backstage to make up for the many rehearsals they had missed. What is your definition of success? When my life and the things I do betters the people around me. If you were doing a task that was repetitive, how would you keep yourself interested in it? Try to invented a way of accomplishing it in a different way each time. Try to make a game out of it. Keeping myself entertained and not letting the guests know i've been doing the same thing all day. Example: If I was in charge of lining people up on carpet numbers for Aladdin's magic carpet ride over and over I would count how many times in day I can get an exact even number and try to beat yesterday's score or I have a trivia question for the day regarding the task I was doing and see how many guests can answer it. What are three negative qualities about yourself? 1. I tend to get to focused on the task at hand (take a step back and go back into it) 2. I tend to be too hard on myself (I try to find the problem and make sure to not make the same mistake in the future) 3. Naturally independent and sometimes have a hard time relating to others (Try to think with a we attitude instead of a me attitude and counteract to the problem) Do you mind working and living a 1000 miles away from home? No, I would defiantly miss my family and my puppies at home but I would be working the place and having the experience i've always dreamed of doing. So i'm pretty sure I can manage. Being away from home is part of a college experience anyway. What are your top four roles? 1. Character Performer 2. Character Attendant 3. Attractions 4. Full service Food and Beverage 5. Quick service Food and Beverage 6. Merchandise Why do you want to be a Character Performer? I love being around people and making them happy. Seeing the look of pure joy on a child's face or even an adult when they see their favorite character is one of the happiest things to see. I'm very enthusiastic and have fairly good knowledge of Disney. Why do you want to be a Character Attendant? Being a character attendant to me is almost the same as being the character. Waiting with the families and getting to hear their stories about how meeting this character is their dream come true is a dream come true for myself. Knowing I get to help achieve someone else's dream while living my dream is amazing. Why do you want to work attractions? I would want to work attractions because each attraction has a spiel and character that you go into in order to preserve the magic for the guest. Instead of looking at it as an attraction, I can get the guests waiting in line to go into the world of Agraba or Wonderland depending on which attraction i'm at. Why do you want to work Full service or Quick service food? I enjoy serving and being around people. I have a lot of experience serving guests and working in the food industry. When i'm waiting on a family, I enjoy getting to know them for the hour or so I'm serving them. I enjoy getting to know them even if it's just to buy a lemonade from a stand. Why do you want to work merchandise? I enjoy helping and being around people. It genuinely make