The Phone Interview

The phone interview was something I had immediately started to dread just moments after passing my web based interview. For one, I am not exactly a phone person. One bad incident when I was five and forget it – I’ve wanted absolutely nothing to do with a phone since then. I’m slowly beginning to work past this, but it’s still a memory that haunts me still to this day.

Anyway, as I mentioned before I immediately began to dive into learning about the phone interview. As it turns out, there really isn’t much out there and for a reason.

September 8^th came and I was up at the crack of dawn. Today was the day I would do my phone interview and I was extremely nervous. I did everything I could to pass the time, but the time just moved at a painstakingly slow pace.

At around 11, I received a call from a Florida number. Know what it was for? Dog leashes. Definitely NOT the call I had been expecting. Again, time began to move slow. It hit 11:30…no phone call. Then finally, around 11:45 I got my call. Every bit of nervousness I felt disappeared, but around 6 minutes later it came back because my phone, as well as the house phone, would not stop ringing! No matter where I went the ringing was loud as anything and was extremely distracting.

As it turned out, someone else was calling to interview me while I was already on the phone with someone!

After my interview was over, I felt great. I had possible questions that could be asked set up in front of me, but as soon as the interview started, I threw them out.

The reason why there’s so little on the interviews is because you’ll feel extremely at ease when you begin. Whoever interviews you has gone through the whole set up before and understands that you’re most likely nervous and make sure to make you feel comfortable. Do NOT worry about blowing this because it’ll be like talking to an old friend.

Instead of writing a whole tip page for this, I’ll put my tips here.

•        Remember to smile
•        If there’s any role you specifically want, or a place you want to be, make sure you mention it at this time!
•        Relax!
•        Again, do NOT stress out
•        Be excited, you’re one step closer to getting to Disney

See ya real soon!