I'm really hoping to getting a PI this time around, but how did your process go, it is a little different from the past??? I just received one phone interview for the professional internship alumni ones, and nothing from managment one, it will almost be three weeks from which I applied for it. Maybe they will wait until deadline to start the process. I'm paranoid.
Background: CP as a Character.
I initially applied for 5 PIs, but because I was doing a lot of networking beforehand I decided that I did not one of them.
First I had my screening interview. This was through the casting office and I was asked a lot of very general questions. I was asked to rank my choices (top three) and that my information would only go to those in my top three. This is when I mentioned I was no longer interested in that fifth one.
My first two picks were Operations Management and Entertainment Management, my third was college recruiting and the fourth was learning solutions.
Then my resume and screening interview log was sent to the departments I applied for.
I discovered that the Operations MIs were cut in numbers last spring and I was never contacted by them because of my lack of experience with attractions (learned that during my networking).
The Entertainment Management one was cut completely. During my networking for the Entertainment MI I learned that they never hire anyone for this position because no one had ever been qualified (over the previous three semester). They kept posting it "in case" someone qualified came along - but essentially you had to be an internal hire with captain experience.
I was contacted by the other two for a department interview - which was interesting because I assumed my fourth pick would not get my resume.
I interviewed with both of them and ended up liking them both equally. I was then contacted during Thanksgiving week with my job offer for Learning Solutions.
I can't remember the exact dates, but I think I applied for the jobs at the end of August, had my screening interview in mid or late september and my second rounds were in October.
Berlioz,
Did you check out the social media and marketing PI when you were doing your research? I am a management major and have applied for 4 management PI's, but I also applied for the marketing one. It seemed incredibly interesting and I have event planning experience, I just didn't know if the job description was accurate or not.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
Sorry, I'm not familiar with that PI. My best advice to anyone is to NETWORK NETWORK NETWORK. Use your contacts from your CP to meet and talk with anyone that may have connections to the PIs you're interested in!