Blog 17: Fourth Interview Questions

1. What is most essential in winning the marathon race of the solar cup competition?

2. Do you think the marathon race is one of the more significant events?

3. What have you personally seen teams do wrong when approaching the marathon race?

4. What do you think makes a boat more viable for this event than others, such as the sprint?

5. How big of a role do the batteries play in this event?

6. With technology becoming more advanced and making it easier to do well in this competition, do you think some of the rules should be changed?

7. How long have you been working with the Solar Cup Competition?

8. What exactly do you personally oversee in the competition?

9. Do you think that the college competition being less regulated than others typically helps teams succeed or causes more problems?

10. Why do you think that this is such a fast-growing competition and a lot of other places are adapting similar ones?

11. What have you seen that some of the more successful teams in this competition have in common?

12. How important is it to know what type of pace that your boat can handle for the race?

13. How significant is having a good strategy for the marathon race? Is there any real strategies to it?

14. What is a common flaw that you see is made during the actual race?

15. How do you test the boat to make sure it is competition ready?

16.  How much preparation does the boat usually go through before the event?

17. Is there a lot of adjustments that are required between each race?

18. How effective is it to get a lot of testing time? Do you think there is a point where you test the boat out too much and it begins to wear it down?.

19. What do you think makes this one of the faster growing competitions?

20. What do you personally like about the solar cup competitions?