TEAM G.E.M.

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PROBLEM STATEMENT

Drills are a core part of the platform and students spend the bulk of their time working on them.

However, today’s experience is strictly a solo-play experience. This process is great for building muscle memory and practicing... BUT we believe there are significant user pain points left unsolved with the current experience.

PRESENTATION TIMELINE

Research: Interview Prep Space

Solution: Discussion Board

Additional

Features

Current Functionality�Overview

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RESEARCH:

INTERVIEW PREP SPACE

Primary Research

We interviewed a Deloitte and PwC Consulting Intern to learn about how they prepared for their interviews and their experience with each method.

Self Study: Practice Cases

Watching Video Cases

Casing with a Friend

Interactive Online Cases

Would self practice full written cases from consulting archives

Pros: Gained a lot of exposure, time flexible

Cons: Difficult to find motivation

Would watch mock interviews on consulting firms’ Youtube channels

Pros: Clear expectation of interview

Cons: Less individual problem solving

Would walk through cases with a friend (also recruiting) via Zoom

Pros: Keeps you accountable, more perspectives

Cons: Schedule conflicts, not accessible to all

Step by step case interview with quantitative evaluation at the end

Pros: Thought process framework, convenient

Cons: Not enough practice, not realistic

Research | Functionality Overview | Solution: Discussion Board | Additional Features

CURRENT FUNCTIONALITY

OVERVIEW

Pain Points of Current Feature

Little Accountability

Limited Perspective

Little Interaction

Students can easily skim the questions and skip through the answers

It is more difficult for users to learn from other people in an engaging way

Actual cases are very keen on in person interaction - a key element missing

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Research | Functionality Overview | Solution: Discussion Board | Additional Features

SOLUTION:

DISCUSSION BOARD

Our Social Feature: Discussion Board

Q&A section

Search Bar

Notifications

Other Features

Users can comment questions for specific drills and other users can answer for a socially engaging experience that is time conflict proof

Users can search for specific discussions by typing key words in the search bar

Users receive notifications when someone replies to their question/comment

Questions can be replied to and liked, the most liked questions will appear first, they can also be sorted

Research | Functionality Overview | Solution: Discussion Board | Additional Features

Wireframes

Drill Answer Page

RocketBlocks Answer

Other User’s Answers

Discussion Board

The current RocketBlocks’ answer page will now have three drop down tabs to minimize scrolling for users.

Research | Functionality Overview | Solution: Discussion Board | Additional Features

RocketBlocks Suggested Answer

• RocketBlocks suggested answer is the first tab since it is the default correct answer
• Tabs turn a darker shade to indicate it has been clicked on
• Users are able to easily navigate through each sub-menu using the three tabs

Research | Functionality Overview | Solution: Discussion Board | Additional Features

Other User’s Answers

• Other User’s Answers is the second sub-menu in order to maintain the hierarchy of menus that was originally set in place
• Allows users to see what other people had answered in the drill
• Gives people insight of what other people had responded--multiple perspectives

Research | Functionality Overview | Solution: Discussion Board | Additional Features

Discussion Board

• Discussion Board is the last tab since it is an added on feature, which allows current users to adjust easily
• The discussion submission box is first for more visibility
• Users can then search and sort to look for specific questions
• Users can upvote so that the question appears closer to the top
• Users can also reply if they have an answer or follow up question

Research | Functionality Overview | Solution: Discussion Board | Additional Features

Potential Issues & Mitigation

Potential Issues

Solutions

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Lack of Incentive

Too Little Discussion Posts

Too Many Discussion Posts

Notifications to complete drills

Incentivize through credit

Sort By: most recent, most liked, etc.

Text or email users every week

Market new feature by giving credit to those who leave a comment

Use sort filter so that students can easily go through the many posts

People will not want to complete the drills

People will not want to interact if there are very little posts

People will be overwhelmed and will not want to engage with the posts

Research | Functionality Overview | Solution: Discussion Board | Additional Features

Addressing the Constraints

This feature can be coded by 1-2 engineers in 3 weeks as shown by these resources.

Discussion boards are an easily added feature of website makers such as wordpress

There is readily available code for discussion boards & notification systems on Github

There are Youtube tutorials for coding discussion boards in less than 3 hours

Research | Functionality Overview | Solution: Discussion Board | Additional Features

ADDITIONAL

FEATURES

Additional Features

Rocketblocks Profiles

Private Messaging

• Rocketblocks Avatars
• Display recent activity of user
• How many modules and which modules completed
• Email & LinkedIn Information

• Give users opportunity to talk to people also interviewing for their field
• Can ask specific questions after meeting on a discussion board

Research | Functionality Overview | Solution: Discussion Board | Additional Features

THANK YOU!