How to Master the Judges Interview: Complete Guide to the VEX Judges Interview & Awards Rubric

Описание: 📋 How to Ace Your VEX Judges’ Interview (Judges Award Guide)

Hello everyone! In today’s video, I’ll be breaking down the official VEX Judges Interview Rubric — the exact one used by judges during competitions. This video will help you prepare and plan out your interview to score big on the Judges Award (and even awards like Design, Innovate, Build, Create, Amaze, Think, and Inspire!)

I’ve already done a similar video on the Engineering Notebook Rubric to help teams aim for Excellence and Notebook Awards, and now it’s time to cover the other half — the interview itself.

In this video, we’ll go over:
🎯 How to plan your interview responses
🧠 What each rubric section means (Engineering Process, Game Strategy, Robot Design, Programming, Creativity, and more)
🏗️ Tips to stand out and earn those top scores
🤝 Team communication, professionalism, and how to impress the judges

If you’re getting ready for your first competition or preparing for state, this guide will help you show off your hard work and organization during your interview.

📚 Watch until the end to learn how to plan, practice, and deliver a strong interview that could earn you a Judges or Inspire Award!

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The Game
VEX V5 Robotics Competition Push Back is played on a 12’ x 12’ square field configured as seen above. Two (2) Alliances – one (1) “red” and one (1) “blue” – composed of two (2) Teams each, compete in matches consisting of a fifteen (15) second Autonomous Period, followed by a one minute and forty-five second (1:45) Driver Controlled Period.

The object of the game is to attain a higher score than the opposing Alliance by Scoring Blocks in Goals, Controlling zones within Goals, and Parking in defined zones at the end of the Match.

Scoring
Autonomous Bonus
10 points
Each Block Scored
3 points
Each Controlled Zone in a Long Goal
10 points
Controlled Center Goal - Upper
8 points
Controlled Center Goal - Lower
6 points
1 Parked Alliance Robot
8 points
2 Parked Alliance Robots
30 points
Details
There are eighty-eight (88) Blocks on a V5RC Push Back Field.