Applying to Disney World soon...

[Dax]

So i am planning to apply to Disney World in May.. im currently living in North Carolina and am moving to orlando in june....

with that said. casting told me to apply 1 month till i move. along with great advice... any tips when i do apply? anything i should do or say in my application to let them know i am fully available for phone or in person interviews? ill fly down the day they need me im that open. i just really want to get a job at disney world. any tips or comments would be great.

 

[Dax]

i have everything covered basically. im married so we will have 2 incomes. we have priced out alot of apartments.

lived in NC for a couple years. love it here. but love orlando better. did my CP years ago loved my time in orlando and at Disney. since the day i left my CP i said i would some day go back and work for Disney. got lucky married a women who loves disney like me.

thanks for all the concern and making sure i knew the real deal of moving to orlando to work at disney. ive done alot of research and talked to alot of people. im ready and prepared for this.

 

[alsointokat]

I'm not sure about applying a month before you move, because I just applied when the job was posted. After the web interview, I was given the opportunity for either a phone or in person interview, so it doesn't necessarily have to be in person.

Obviously if you choose phone it's going to be a little more difficult to wow them (at least for me, I'm much better in face to face interviews and you can normally leave the interview with an idea on how it went, based on body language alone). I'm very fortunate that I have 10 years of experience in the field I applied, but honestly it's not required to have a background. If you don't have a background in what you're applying for, just be able to sell your passion and most of all your self. Don't be modest; let them know you're a fast learner, you're adaptable, etc.

As I applied for merchandise, a lot of the questions were typical sales associate interview questions. Tell me about a time when you made a customer happy, tell me a time when you had an upset customer, what would you do if a customer buys food and then spills it outside, situational questions like that. I can tell you, as a previous hiring manager, if they say "tell me about a time" TELL ME ABOUT A TIME. Don't be general or vague, like "oh I do that everyday...". That's not what they want.

After the phone interview, it was like two months before the job I had applied for opened up, but the day before I moved to Orlando, they emailed offering me the position. Then I wasn't scheduled to start Traditions for another month. It is DEFINTELY a waiting game. This got so long!!!!! So sorry! Hope any of this is helpful, good luck!!!!!