ABSA TEAM APPLICATION
(Consulting, Finance, and Marketing Teams)
Please type or write neatly. Illegible applications will not be considered.
BASIC INFORMATION
Name: ________________________________
Classification by year: ___________
Major: ________________________________
Phone: (
)________________
E-mail Address: ______________________________________________________
Team Position Desired: __________________________________________________
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS - Do not exceed one page.
1. Why do you feel you are qualified for this position?
2. What can you contribute to this organization through this position?
3. What do you hope to gain from being a team member?
4. Additional comments.
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS
1. Résumé
2. Class schedule, including extracurricular activities (please specify level of involvement).
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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You must be a paid member in order to be considered for a position.
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This application is due on January 31st if you’re applying for Finance Team, otherwise
the application is due on February 5th. Please turn in your application to your team
head.
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Additional supplements and information for each of teams are listed on the last page of
the application.
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You may apply for up to two leadership positions in ABSA. Please submit separate
applications if you are doing so.
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The team head with whom you applied will contact applicants by February 8th for an
interview. Please note if your team head requires business attire for interviews.
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Team Members will be announced at General Meeting #17, February 12th. You
MUST attend the general meeting to accept your position.
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Additional requirements will be specified by respective team heads
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Please contact Jackson Pei at president@texasabsa.org with general questions or
concerns. Team-specific questions should be directed to respective team heads.
Daniel Li, Clarissa Anjani and Jonathan Ong - Consulting Team Heads
(danielzli@outlook.com, clarissagondo@utexas.edu or jonong@utexas.edu)
Tiffany Nguyen and Stephen Lin – Finance Team Heads
(tiffanymainguyen@gmail.com or stephenlin7@gmail.com)
Sneha Desai and Sonia Hegde – Marketing Team Heads
(snehad93@utexas.edu or soniahegde@utexas.edu)
I hereby acknowledge and agree to the requirements for this position. I understand that as a
leader in ABSA, I represent the organization at all times. I understand that failure to meet these
requirements by mid-semester evaluations will result in probation and potential discharge at
the end of the semester.
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Team Member Signature
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Date
Thank you for your interest in ABSA!
Good luck!
Team Supplemental Questions
Consulting Team Supplemental Questions
1. Without referencing any professional and academic achievements, please tell us about
yourself.
2. If you could write a book, what would it be about?
3. What are your expectations of our team? What do you think are the team’s expectations
of you?
4. How many cumulative hours do McCombs students spend in Reliant across an entire
semester? Format your answer in bullets, with each bullet relating to a step in your
thought process.
Case Background:
Your client is a commercial and residential cleaning company, operating in Houston. They take
requests through phone calls and an online website, which is also where they bill and collect
payments.
They market themselves as "Houston’s premier eco-friendly cleaning service", using organic
detergents and cleaning materials. They have rapidly grown in the past two years they have been
in business, and have become the number one ranked maid service on Yelp in Houston.
Their maids work on a unique basis: they can dictate their own hours, as long as they meet their
quota, which is determined by the billings and demand for that month. When demand outstrips
labor supply, maids can be brought in on-call and paid overtime.
Their margins are quite low, with the majority of the expenses coming from wages payable, the
others being cleaning supplies and equipment. They’ve noticed their client growth has been
stagnating in the past few quarters, even though their market share in Houston is only around 2530 percent.
Case Question (these are guiding questions, feel free to create your own):
 How can this company increase their revenues for the next fiscal year?
 Would you change the revenue and cost model?
 Will you expand? If so, would you expand in Houston or a new city? How?
 Note: Keep in mind that the client has low margins, and cannot fund a major single
expense without taking on debt.
Finance Team Supplemental Questions
These supplemental questions will serve as an evaluation of your analytical capabilities and will
play a vital role in your interview selection. Please pay particular attention to the word limits for
each question, which are meant to focus and condense your responses as much as possible while
maintaining a coherent analytical structure. You may use bullet points if necessary, but we have to
understand your bullet writing. We look forward to reading your application. Good luck and
enjoy!
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Why do you want to be on ABSA Finance Team?
How can you contribute to Finance Team through your involvement?
Describe your past experience with investing/the stock market, if any.
Define the word “trust” in your own words. Are you trustworthy and why? How is trust
important to overall finance and the financial system? Look on a dollar bill, and tell us
one feature or statement on there that most resembles the element of trust and how.
Analyze one stock and explain why it’s a good OR bad investment in 5 bullets or less. On a
6th bullet, tell us how you would invest in it.
6. Will you be able work at least 5 hours a week? Please attach a list of all your commitments
and activities this semester, including classes and other orgs. Be sure to identify your
priorities (rank from low1-5high).
Marketing Team Supplemental Questions
1. One morning, you wake up on a small island. There’s nobody else here. What’s one thing
that you’d take with you to this island and why?
(You don’t want to leave the island, so no cellphone, walkie-talkie, boat, etc.)
2. What are 2 words that describe you? Explain.
3. Hypothetical situation: The ABSA’s annual Launch Leadership Conference going to be
held at UT. The conference aims to connect UT Austin students in order to exchange
ideas about leadership and provide students an opportunity to develop professional and
social relationships.
Additional Information:
Sponsors: Deloitte and Chevron
Events: Professional workshops, lunch with company representatives, and a networking
reception
Tentative Marketing Budget: $500
What building would you host this event in, what marketing techniques/outlets do you
think ABSA should utilize in order to reach their goal of recruiting at least 100 attendees?
Remember to be creative yet practical in your answer.
You may include your thoughts on the most effective ways to reach out to university
students, who to contact at the university, effective outlets to spread information widely,
etc.)