Fall 2025 Recruitment Timeline

Fall Recruitment Timeline

Marketing & Outreach:

• Reach out to professors to mention blueprint (3rd week of classes)

• Shudong, Bonelli, Zumrut, Hill
  

• Announce through socials and discord about Fall recruitment dropping

Application Drops (Sept 4 - Oct  2):

• Applicants fill out Google form

• Track Applications in spreadsheet, send out 1 day reminder before it closes

Week 1: Challenge Phase (Oct 4th - Oct 10th)

• Release challenge along with rules for Dev, Designer, PM

• Reuse old challenges, with slight alteration if need be

• Add Git/Github task for devs

• AI allowed as long they can explain their code and AI workflow used

• Available to answer questions if need be

• Encourage collaboration but make it clear each student submits their own work.

Week 2: Review Phase (Oct 11 - Oct 13)

• Divide submissions among reviewers (20–30 min per submission).

• Enter feedback into an applicant tracker.

• Shortlist candidates for coffee chats.

• Time estimate: 8–10 hrs total, split among reviewers.

Week 3: Coffee Chats (Oct 14 - Oct 20)

• Format: 20–30 min informal conversations.

• Focus Questions:

• Tell me about a time you took initiative on your own.

• How do you stay motivated without external deadlines?

• What role do you usually play in a team?

• How do you handle conflict in group projects?

• Documented each interviewee briefly (pros/cons in tracker)

Announcement & Onboarding (Oct 24/25)

• Announce Acceptance and Rejections

• Move toward discussing onboarding steps

Potential Projects

• Blueprint Internal Project

• Shift Fall recruits to current project teams

• Possibly scale up features/goals in Spring is manageable