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Re: Deans List Interview

I was one of the deans list students going on to PNW championships from the Wilsonville district. I'm not really sure if my interview went well, but because I was a "winner" (or whatever you call it), I think I'll share my experience.

I was in the pits talking to a parent from another team about a swerve drive from the robot, when someone came to get me for the interview. I started to pack the drive that was in my hand away, but I stopped part way through and decided to ask if I could bring it with me. He said "I don't see why not." So I fallowed him to the hall outside the interview room. We talked for a couple minutes, until exactly 11:45.

When I entered the interview room, there were two judges sitting at a desk. They asked me to sit down in the open chair across the table from them. I sat down and introduced myself. One of the judges was new to me, but I recognized the other as one of the robot judges from the Oregon city district event two weeks earlier. The second judge (the one I had never met) said that he was glad I brought a swerve drive with me because he had heard about it but never seen one.

They started a timer that was sitting in the desk. I'm not sure how long it was set for (it felt like about 6.5 seconds ), but right then the first judge (the one I met in Oregon city) asked me how the swerve drive project came to be. I talked about that for a while. I had just gotten to the part where we used a prototype version for an off-season event hosted by team 1540 the flaming chickens, when the second judge said that we shouldn't talk about the same thing for the whole time. the first judge then asked me about how the designs affected the robot of the local team 2517. I get the feeling that I had already told her the answer at Oregon City. Then again, it could also have been in the essay that was submitted by my mentors, because I've never read it. Right about then, the timer went off, and they said that we didn't have much time left.

I quickly talked about the designs of 2517, and how we influenced them. Part way through that, the first judge asked how I promoted first and spread its message in my community. I had talked about most of the important points there, when someone opened the door to say that we were out of time. As I began to stand up. The second judge asked me how the competition was going. I told him that it wasn't going as well as I hoped. There were a lot of small tuning and maintenance issues that were costing us matches. But I said that I was proud of my robot and that I was beginning to fall in love with it. As I was opening the door to leave I said that When its not doing well, I give it a kiss. They both smiled and laughed. They told me to have a nice day, and almost by accident, I said "See you later." Like they were a part of the team.

I was definitely a great experience, and I look forward to submitting at PNW district champs!

Sorry for the giant post. I hope that someone finds it useful. If you actually got through the whole thing, thanks for reading
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2013 Portland: Winning alliance
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