New Member Application 2024
You are also encouraged to submit your resume and/or portfolio with your
application. Remember, we will primarily focus on your robotics
achievements and the resume or portfolio is optional. Please submit these
as PDF files as well.
When filling out your application, please make sure to tell us as much as
possible about yourself! We can only choose a certain amount of members,
so give us the reasons why we should choose you. Try to not be repetitive!
Be unique and yourself!
Please select your top two sub-team preferences. For specific sub-team descriptions, please refer to the Team Handbook under Section 2.1 Structure. Team Sprocket Official Handbook: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ixdKRoPCCp9jkVR0YsqTFJx-yHxbyaa29ALEDKtS2Gk/edit?usp=sharing
1. How do you spend your time outside of school and academics?
2. In your point of view, what makes a good team?
3. Where do you see the definition of engineer being applied in life?
4. Explain how you would take this spherical object out of the hole.
1. Knowing the large time commitment for Sprocket, how would you balance your academic responsibilities with extracurricular activities like our robotics team?
2. What are some aspects of your personality that you look to improve?
3. What aspects of our team would you fix & improve? What new ideas do you have, and how will you contribute?
4. What do you hope to learn during your time on Publicity?
1. Let's say you are in a group project and are having conflicting ideas on what to do. How would you come to an agreement or compromise with your teammates?
2. Explain how you would approach learning something new.
3. If you had a billion dollars for a day, how would you spend it?
4. Why should we pick you over other candidates?
1. Explain how you would approach learning something new.
2. What do you do if you disagree with a team member’s approach to a project?
3. What skills can you contribute to the programming subteam
4. How do you handle stress and manage your time?
1. How would you approach building and maintaining relationships with external organizations, sponsors, or partners to enhance our outreach efforts? Can you provide an example of a successful collaboration you've been part of?
2. In your opinion, what makes an effective outreach strategy? How would you tailor your approach to engage with diverse audiences?
3. How do you prioritize tasks when managing multiple projects or deadlines, especially when it comes to coordinating outreach activities and award submissions?
4. Can you describe your past experience with outreaches? If not, what outreaches could we host in the future that would be impactful to our community or further?
1. What ideas or plans do you want to see happen during your time in the Operations subteam?
2. How confident do you feel in being able to balance your school work and your time at Team Sprocket?
3. What role do you usually fill on a team? How do you fulfill this role?
4. Describe an event that you had a major role in planning. How did you plan it, and how did it go?
1. Describe your experience with robotics, engineering/business, or any related fields to the subteam(s) you’re applying to. Include specific projects you’ve worked on and your role in those projects. List formatting is allowed.
2. What do you know about our team, and why are you interested in joining it?
3. Describe a time when you encountered a significant challenge while working on a team project. How did you and your team address this challenge, and what was the outcome?
4. What are your greatest weaknesses, and how have you attempted to overcome them?
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