The Important Stuff: Interview

Hi all!

So interview day has finally been and gone. Overall I'm pretty happy with how I did but I know that I probably could have done better. Now it's all about waiting for the results. I'm going to give you a play-by play of everything that happened so you know what to expect for your own interviews if you are indeed thinking of applying.

7.00: Started getting ready. I'd already done my hair the night before so all I needed to do was comb it a little, put some product in it to tame the frizz and pin it up. Also did my make-up, made sure my bag was packed, got into my interview clothes and then I was ready to go.

8.15: Mum drove me into Camberwell so I could catch the train to Melbourne Central where I headed straight for the cafe.


9.00: Reached the cafe but no one else was around yet so I vlogged a little and waited for Bec to show up. When she finally arrived we did the good old yelling and screaming ritual and then went to get some coffee. While we were drinking Nichola and Lauren showed up and we chatted for a little while.

                 

10.00: We headed over to the interview room and there were a few people already there. We had a chat with them about the facebook and suddenly a woman showed up with an American accent. The mystical Jill was in the building. Jill and her fellow recruiter Delinda went into the room to set up while we all waited outside.

10.45: A little later than scheduled we were let into the room, had our IDs checked and were seated for the presentation. The presentation went for around an hour and was quite fun. There were a lot of laughs and even though we already knew most of the information it was still really interesting. Bec and one of the girls we met at the presentation and I all earned luggage tags for answering trivia questions. They were all pretty simple but that doesn't make it any less special.

12.00: Being the over prepared weirdo that I am, I already knew where the interview room was and how to get there. We headed over to check it out so the people who interviewed before/after me knew how to get there on their own. Nichola had her interview at 12.30 so we dropped her off and went off to have some lunch.

1.00: Lauren had her interview at 1.30 so she left to get to the room in time while Bec and I decided to go window shopping. We went for a bit of a wander and then all of a sudden it was 1.50 and we needed to be at the interview room in 10 minutes. We rushed over to the room only to find that they were running behind by a fair bit so Bec and I left for a little longer to vlog and grab a bottle of water.

2.15: We came back to find that there were still two people from the 1.30-2.30 slot left to interview. So we were not expecting to be called in for a while but within what felt like minutes Bec was up to the plate. She was in there for what I can only guess was around 10/15 minutes (I should have timed it really) before she came out. We talked a bit about how she felt and what they asked her and soon enough it was my turn.

3.40: I was called in for my interview and let me tell you it felt like it was over in a flash. The questions I was asked were (not in order cause I honestly can't remember the order):

- You go to school here (RMIT)?

- What are you studying?

- Why did you chose to study that course?

- Why do you want to do the program?

- What work experience do you have?

- Have you been to America before/where did you go?

- Have you worked in America before?

- What do you want to get out of the program?

- What work experience do you have?

- At your job do you have to motivate people?

- In Operations/Attractions how would you ensure guest safety?

- QSFB involves these responsibilities, are you okay with those?

- How do you feel about living with others?

- What would you do if you have a disagreement with a roommate?

- Do you have any tattoos or piercings?

- Are you okay working indoors or outdoors in high pressure environments?

- You may be working in large groups or independently, is this okay?

- Most of the roles at WDW involve working with cleaning chemicals and heavy lifting, is this okay?

There may be a few that I'm forgetting but that's as much as I can remember right now. I wasn't particularly happy with my 'Why do you want to do the program?' answer but I'm pretty confident in all of the rest so hopefully it sees me through.

After all that was done Bec and I waited for all of our friends to finish and then they all had to pop off. Bec and I parted ways as she had to return to the airport. I hung out with my friend Katherine for a while to calm my nerves and she tried to convince me I hadn't done as bad as I thought while we both ate nuggets.

The horrible weather meant that we left the city at 5pm and I didn't get home until around 7.40 but we made it eventually and now I'm just thinking it all over.

Despite the hiccups along the way I had a really good day. Got to meet some lovely people from the facebook group, finally met Jill and the more I think about the interview the more I realize that maybe I didn't do so badly. With any luck the next few weeks will fly by and we'll know the results soon enough.

- Lily

P.s. My party is in just over 3 weeks so I'll be posting a lot about preparations for that until results come in. Hope you enjoy party talk.