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title: 'OTIS Proposal - AML Group Take Home Interview'
disqus: proposal
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AML Group Proposal Manager
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## Table of Contents

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## Background

This is an assessment for AML Group Proposal Manager candidates. This is intended to observe your ability to think critically around an RFP and determine your ability to ingest a new concept and create a document to help sell that concept.

Part 1
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Earlier this year, AML Group responded to a Department of Transportation (DOT) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) solicitation for the development of a blockchain-based app designed to increase public transportation use. Attached below is the RFP and AML's response.

Review both documents. Provide:

1. A high-level review of your thoughts around the proposal including: What are the proposal's strength's and weaknesses? What would be the most likely reasons for rejection?
3. Inline comments about specific corrections and recommendations for improvement (grammar, sentence structure, image selection, etc.)

Provide as much detail as you see fit. For the inline comments we recommend using the comment feature of a word editor.

[DOT SBIR Solicitation Document](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EnzeIRDAwNP3fUDuncuxs_gfJdfrBtC9/view?usp=sharing) (Solicitation 22-FT3: Blockchain-Enabled Transit Incentivization; Page 55)

[Proposal](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BHOdRc3lsc83VRd4RrxVfDVsfV-qaoY-/view?usp=sharing)

Part 2
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As part of the down-select process for the SBIR above, finalists are invited to a Pitch Day. Finalist present a short presentation to the government evaluation panel.

In this same vein, please create a short (<10 slides total) presentation that could be presented to the DOT SBIR evaluation panel. It will be up to your discretion to determine what material to include and how to display the information.

This presentation should pull content from the solicitation and proposal documents. Feel free to use stock images in place of real content such as logos, mock-ups, etc. This is an opportunity to showcase your creativity, ability to ingest new information, and create.

Create the presentation as if someone would be presenting it to a panel, not as a stand-alone document.

## Submission

Please submit the following documents:

1. A .pdf of your high-level review of the OTIS proposal from Part 1
2. A .pdf of your inline comments of the OTIS proposal from Part 1
3. A .pdf of your presentation from Part 2

Please submit the documents [here](https://airtable.com/shr2ZqXEKYD8LUDtu)

We will review your work and communicate next steps shortly after submission. We recommend submitting your material within a week.

## Questions
If you have questions please reach out to [e-mail]