Step by Step Application

So you’ve decided to apply. Congrats! It’s a scary and exciting step your about to take but don’t worry there is so much information out there you’ll be fine if you just take the time to prepare. Here is the step by step process for applying.

Step 1. Watch web presentation or go to school presentation.
Step 2. Take Web Interview
Step 3. Do role checklist
Step 4. Phone Interview
Step 5. The dreaded wait.

Step 1. I did the web presentation because I wanted to apply right away. I watched the web presentation and did the web interview on August 18th – the very first day possible. I found Tara, the girl who shows you around, extremely irritating. I watched it 2 months ago so I don’t remember everything but I also don’t think it was very helpful. I still had tons of questions that I didn’t get answered. I turned to blogs, vlogs, and discussion boards for real answers.

• I also went to my school’s presentation on Sept. 29th. I was already in at that point but it was really really helpful! Even if you’ve applied or are already in the program I’d suggest going to your school’s presentation. There were former CPers there to talk to about their experiences. My school offers credit so that was talked about as well. Also the videos they show are way better and Tara wasn’t in them!

Step 2. The web interview is really easy. Some people do fail but just take your time, answer honestly and you’ll be fine. The format is the same all the way through just kinda long. For example the question might be “You are frequently late” and you can choose “strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree”. There might be a neutral in that but I can’t remember. Earlier I said answer honestly and I do believe that you should but I fibbed a bit. In my personal life I am frequently late but when it comes to work I’m on time and work hard. Some people say that Disney prefers the “strongly” answers but who really knows on that. I tried to put mostly “strongly” responses but I also didn’t want to exaggerate it. They will repeat questions later in different ways so make sure you read each questions carefully!

Step 3. The role checklist, one of the hardest parts to me, so many choices! Read the role descriptions carefully and make sure to check off only roles you want to do. You can check off as many or as few as you want. The mores roles you check the greater your chance of getting in. Checking off quick Service Food and Beverage will greatly increase your chances of getting in. Just don’t forget if you check it they can give it to you so don't check a role unless you really want it.

• I was confused on when we rank what our top 3 roles are. You do that during the phone interview. I thought we did that here for the longest time so when I was checking off roles I was a bit worried.

Step 4 and 5 will have their own blog because this is getting a bit long! Feel free to leave me a comment if you have any questions!