The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Walt Disney Company (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2009
Interview
Applied online on the website, was contacted by HR. Had initial phone interview with HR, followed up by phone interview by hiring manager. Was then invited to come onsite for an interview, and interviewed with 4 people (progam management staff & engineering staff) over 3-4 hours. All interviews were 1-1. Everyone was extremely friendly. I also felt they were pretty straightforward about some organizational and process challenges that they were facing. No major surprises in the interview, typical questions were short & long term career goals, and how did I handle unforseen issues that came up in my previous projects.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you handle a situation in your project where something unexpected came up. And then keep asking "why" whenever I gave a response to dig into the reason for my rationale.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Walt Disney Company in Jun 2020
Interview
The interview process was extremely involved/lengthy, though bearable. There were a lot of red flags in terms of overtime and work/life balance (i.e., they alluded to little to no work/life balance). The last stage (interview #4) was a 'test project' that was very vague, thus a little anxiety-inducing. At the end, it came down to me and one other person, and they went with the other person. The recruiter was very transparent and updated me at each stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you juggle different projects and different types of people?
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Walt Disney Company (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2018
Interview
Applied online, and a recruiter reached out within a week. We scheduled a time to talk. Recruiter didn't call at the time we'd set, and didn't respond to email and voicemail I sent offering to reschedule for a time that worked better for her. This scenario happened twice, a couple of months apart, with two different recruiters for two different positions in the Seattle area. The "happiest place on earth" left me very sad.
Update: The recruiter did finally get in touch to apologize. The job had been filled by an internal candidate and when she contacted the external candidates to let them know, she missed contacting me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No questions because the recruiter didn't bother to call when scheduled
The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Walt Disney Company (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2010
Interview
- responded to a Craigslist ad
- had an initial phone interview
- had a day of in-person interviews
Overall I found the process standard and the interviews relatively easy.