Ok, so it’s been 5 days since I found out I am going to be
working for Walt Disney World Orlando as an official Cast Member for the summer
of 2013! Annoying as it might be to other people I cannot stop talking about
it, I talk about all the time, I talk it without even realising and I’m getting
the boring ‘Yeahhhh’s already! Noooo! But it’s mainly because I still cannot
believe that out of 1700 people that applied that I am one of the 200 and odd
people who have been chosen to go. My role in the show is operations and I can’t
wait to find out what ride and in what resort I’m going to be in (you don’t
find out until you get there, it’s part of the magic). But I’m just sure they
love to keep us waiting.
A little bit about the application process:
First off you had to apply through a company called Yummy
Jobs, with your CV and cover letter attached saying why you want to work there,
how it will benefit your course etc. I applied on 30th August and
eventually found out almost a month later on 28th September that I
had made it to the pre-screen interviews! Talk about making us wait, and yes it
gets worse. I was invited to Manchester (they have them in Edinburgh,
Liverpool, Manchester and London) on 10th October which was great
because that’s not too far away, but I still had to get up at 5.15 for my
train! There we had a presentation by Yummy Jobs which was selling you
something you already wanted, and got you really hyped for the interview. My
interview was at 11.45 and I was with 9 other applicants and the interviewers
Louise and Becky. It sounds horrendously daunting, but it was honestly wasn’t
anything to worry about. The majority of questions were open for anyone to
answer, which was a bit tricky, but everyone kinda bounced off each other which
made it easier. They did ask individual
questions like “What Disney character are you most like” where they asked
everyone, and sometimes they directed questions to people who they thought weren’t
really having a good chance to speak. In all, it was really light hearted once
the nerves had settled. Just be really smiley and you’ll do just fine!
Luckily for us we only then had to wait 2 days until we
found out if we had made it through to the final interviews which would be held
by the Disney representatives themselves. But those two days took FOREVER and
I, like near enough everyone else, spent the whole day refreshing my emails.
For it not to come until 6.45! How very rude! However I forgave them when I
found out I’d made it through to the FINAL interviews! This time I was
travelling to Liverpool on 18th October, and had yet another 5AM
alarm set. So I went and bought a new outfit and made sure I was in accordance
to the Disney Look (No weirdly coloured hair, no cleavage etc) and off I went.
Here we met our interviewers who were so lovely, it put you straight at ease.
They were supposed to deliver an apparently amazing presentation, but the
projector wasn’t working so we missed it, boo hoo! But they ran through the
same information which was literally the same as the presentation as Yummy Jobs
in the pre-screen. It finished at 11.15 and I had to wait till 3.30 for my
interview and I was sure I was going to be asleep on the table by then! But
eventually it rolled along and off I went for my interview. Like I said before
all 3 interviewers seemed lovely, but I really wanted Jim as his area of
expertise was attractions and that was my first choice, and after them being an
hour late he called my name! It was the best interview I’ve ever had (not for
performance but for how it was conducted). And believe me when I said before about
the pre-screen being a light hearted, this was literally so relaxed and we had
a laugh and he just asked why Disney and then wanted to know specifically about
the roles I’d chosen. It was as simple as that.
Ok, so well done if you’re still with me! Disney said Yummy
Jobs would contact us by 9th November (see what I mean about all the
waiting?!) and so the Facebook group was going CRAZY! With people getting phone
calls and emails to which they kept saying “You will hear from us shortly”, I
mean how shortly is shortly?! (I didn’t get any of the two, which worried a lot
of people but apparently there was no need.) And just over a week later I knew
my fate and that I was going to Disney! I didn’t want to open my email, my
heart was racing and there it was in big, bold, red writing CONGRATULATIONS! I
was sat watching Emmerdale at the time and really spruced up an uninteresting
episode, I was on cloud 9 for about 4 days, and now on today the 5th
day, I think it’s sinking in.
So this brings us up to the present day, and there’s not
really a lot to report right now. I’m waiting to get my step-by-step instructions
from Yummy Jobs next week to take me all the way to Orlando, even when I write
that I get excited! Eeeep!
I will update once I have more information,
Have a great day!
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