Internship Questionnaire
Please fill out this form as fully as possible. The information you give us here will help to inform us as to how you will fit into our team.
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First Name *
Last Name *
Email Address *
Phone Number *
Skype Handle
We do all of our interviews over Skype. 1) it allows a level playing field for US and International interns. 2) Face to face is a better conversation.
What date are you looking to start work? *
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What is your expected end date? *
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What country are you from? *
City and State? *
Birthdate *
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Height
Please let us know how tall you are. This doesn't factor into our hiring process but does help us plan for project horses for you at our stables.
Weight
Please let us know how tall you are. This doesn't factor into our hiring process but does help us plan for project horses for you at our stables.
Will you require a visa? *
If you require a visa we can fill out any paperwork you provide us with in order to help you receive a visa. We do not pay the added expenses of a J-1 Visa. If you plan to come on a tourism visa you need to understand that this would be considered an unpaid visit with us covering all of your expenses through a stipend.
If you are traveling on a J-1 Visa, do you already have a sponsorship organization? *
How would you categorize your working style? *
How do you best express yourself? *
How do you work best? *
Short Bursts of Extreme Productivity
Constant Momentum
Are you more of a solo worker, or do you prefer to work in groups to accomplish tasks? *
Solo
Teams
Do you enjoy working with people and the public or are you more focused on working with horses? *
Working with People around Horse
Horses ONLY
Do you prefer freedom to explore solutions to problems or do you prefer to work with explicit instructions? *
Creative Solutions
Specific Instructions
How do you organize your space and time? *
Required
Describe  your favorite manager in the past that you have worked for and what specifically about their management style worked so well for you? Why were they an inspiration to you?
What are your personal goals for this Wrangler position? *
What do you want to get out of the internship?
What do you see yourself doing within the first 30 days of being a wrangler at our farm? *
What would you hope to learn? What training would you expect to receive? What tasks would you see yourself doing? What would you like to achieve within the position?
How do you measure success?
Explain a time when you developed your own way of doing things or were self-motivated to finish an important task. *
Explain a time you've failed. *
Everyone has failed, so don't play dumb or claim you've never messed up - especially as an equestrian! Think of a time when a work-related or riding-related situation didn't turn out quite as you had hoped. Explain how you took responsibility for it, what you've learned from it and how you would prevent similar failures from happening again.
HORSE HISTORY QUESTIONS
How confident are you around horses? *
Nervous but Competent
Fearless
What skills would you say you have significant proficiency and competency? *
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Were there any items listed above that you didn't understand or that you know you need to work on? *
We like longer answers to this question! Be honest and humble - it doesn't work against you.
Share an experience where you had difficulty with a horse and how you were able to work through the problem. *
In a barn of horses, do you typically have one horse that you strongly consider your favorite horse?
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Additional information about your riding skills and history?
Please explain anything and everything you have done with horses, your riding style, experience set and history, and goals for riding.
Please provide us with a link to videos of you riding:
Not required but we strongly consider videos and photographs of your riding when judging your suitability for this position. Feel free to email videos and photos to ride@paintedbarstables.com.
HORSE KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS
What type of bit do you like to use? And why?
How can you tell if your horse is lame?
How can you tell if a saddle fit the horse or does not fit?
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OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT YOU
Tell us something about yourself? *
Something random, anything!
Why should we give you this job if someone else is equally qualified? *
Explain how you're unique for this role and how you would impact our stables and our community.
What is your highest level of education? *
What university did you attend?
What was your major in college?
How many jobs, internships or positions have you held in the past?
Have you previously worked at an official position at a stable?
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Do you understand that part of the wages provided to Wranglers is barter for housing and opportunities? *
Barter Value of housing, lessons, unlimited ride access, educational seminars and additional opportunities  + $150/week stipend works out to roughly $2400 per month.
Our staff housing is a communal living apartment. Are you okay sharing your living space?
The intern apartment consists of two bedrooms each with two beds along with a kitchen and a bathroom. We usually have 2-3 interns at a time, leaving the 4th bed for overlapping interns as someone is moving out and someone is moving in.
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Do you have any questions about your living space at the farm?
Unfortunately at this time we are unable to allow wranglers to bring their own animals.
Unfortunately because of shared housing and other animals already on site we do not allow interns to bring companion animals.
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