Sign up Link: bit.do/nov15-vgsa-btng

Challenge-A-Thon

Agenda

u Welcome message by MindSumou Introductionu Details of Challengesu Advantagesu Winning Tipsu Internal due dateu Q & Au Snacks and Ice-creamsu Fight On!

Message from MindSumohttps://youtu.be/HteQ51KepuM

Challenges from

Intro of Challengeshttps://youtu.be/O9Fi8L2AKUs

Details to Challenge

u Guardian Insurance Challenge: bit.do/vgsa-btng-guardian

u CORNETTO Challenge: bit.do/vgsa-btng-cornetto

u Amazon Challenge: Alexa Skill – Hack the Dorm (echosim.io, Lexa Android app, simulators available for macOS, Windows)

Why take challenge?

u Gifts – Prize Money from Companyu Resume benefitsu Recognitionsu Easy path to get interviewu Fun

u Special: Amazon gift vouchers from VGSA and BTNG

50$ for best solution of each challenge

Winning Tips

u Setup Profile

u Ease it for Companies to know you

Winning Tip-1

u Structure Responses

u Recommendation / Observations / Arguments / Conclusions

u Keep it Short and put in bullets

Winning Tip-2

u Supporting Docs

u Pictures / Charts / Graphs / Tables

u Data Representation

Winning Tip-3

u Have an Opinion

u Take a strong positions with your solution

u Support with information from reliable sources

Winning Tip-4

u Be Creative

u Think out of box

u Don’t play safe with a variation of an obvious answer

Winning Tip-5

u Follow Instructions

u All deliverables

u Focus on Introduction & Things to consider sections

Due Date for VGSA and BTNG prize

Wednesday, Nov 16th – 12:00 PMEvery participating team/individual should pitch

atLVL 3AA (Leavey Library Basement)

CS Challenge: 2 mins pitchBiz Challenge: 5 mins pitch

Q&A

Any questions before we enjoy tasty food?

Thank you

Any questions?

Contact: Lohith (paripati@usc.edu)

Note: Do Not expect response between 2:00 AM and 10:00 AM