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[TheMadHatterTF]

Popularity in the sense that you have a lot of friends isn't important. It is nice, but it won't do you much good. Charisma and life experiences on the other hand are very important. You won't get far in interviews if you aren't interesting. My most common questions summarizedWhy are you a 4.0 student? "I work hard."Why do you work hard? " My mom taught me to at a young age."Why do you keep working hard? "Because I was raised that way?"Why did you pick this major? "I thought it was very interesting."Some other questions.Describe a situation that you had a problem in a group and how you solved it? "Uhh I did all the work myself."What is something interesting about you? I spent over 2 weeks on this, and still have nothing.So yea having nice grades is good. But I feel like I have no life experience. My interviews aren't that horrible, but they are all pretty one dimensional. I'll get an internship if they want a hard worker thats all. In the end I guess with a 4.0 you don't have to worry about getting a job, because you can get one even if boring. But employees definitely do want people with more dimensions than just I do well in school.Charisma is very important. 4.0 is just nice to show off (Hopefully don't jynx myself by saying this).

Good points there. I remember my interviews. In the interviews this versus between Charisma as the Popularity factor and Intelligence really do play a nice role in landing colleges and jobs. My interviews, for example, were not really as "flat-dimensioned" as you describe yours. I view my interviews often well-put-together by both my interviewer and me. The construction of an interview and how well it goes is simply in the hands of the one being interviewed and how he meddles with his Charisma and Intellect.Charisma certainly will do you better than Intellect in any situation that would require a certain amount of convincing a person to work with you or do as you plan for them. The interviews are also prime examples for this. They want someone interesting enough to have them in the morning newspaper or someone like that or have the potential for that and the way to see through this is thinking like a normal person.-What do I want to see in this person? Something interesting, of course.-What's interesting? Something ordinary people find extravagant enough in our field. (e.g. you applying for a college or job under IT and you have a hobby of collecting stamps that you scan and feed renders and make an interesting collection.)Normal people in their field--because obviously they still need to keep on track with that they stand for. My interviews for colleges went something like this:What was your GPA? 1.25, though to get there I have to hurdle three major obstacles.What were those obstacles? They were three different projects for three different organisations outside and inside my school. One was for an NGO, the other is for Intel, and the last is for the senior's site maintenance and robot development projects.Wow. Hectic year, I suppose, why did you choose XXX for your International school? I chose XXX for my school because it would give me more of a challenge than anything that I have ever done before, and, even in my school this year, I have hurdles but I still want something to further my expectations. This is a good try.Charisma, I think, is built n two major factors. One is interjecting measly information in what could be answered flatly in order to lead them on--leading ideas. The second one is humour. As seen in the excerpt of my interview, I answered him with more information than he bargained for and after the excerpt we were right on track again for the interview questions that are lined up for me. Though the notes are there and they are to consider. Humor, you see the last sentence? The interview is not a try. It is an interview. Lighten up and go with a good flow.The intellect can be seen in between the lines and that is more important than anything because you don't want them to know your good. You want them to read that you are good.For short, charisma would lead you to better social interaction.Intelligence is for books and papers. Papers for straight forward work and study and they record how you handle work issues and power solving. Books for plain information absorption on the recorded and observable facts or theories that breach the known universe. The use of intellect is to power solve and make life generally easier, and be able to make compromise. Though, good character goes a long way with this reasoning capability. Plenty of opportunity for power arises from higher IQ though opening and treading the plausible account to power would take Charisma.

Edited by TheMadHatterTF, 19 October 2010 - 12:28 PM.

[Yuto]

Higher intelligence all the way...friends...who needs friends i have some friends, but i like learning. Also I've always been a lone wolf and to myself and before, now or later in life it will be the same.I don't care much for popularity. In this world it's always good to be educated. For jobs it's good to be educated, and where does education come from?! Higher knowledge/intelegence from learning... school.

Edited by Dragon Emperor, 21 March 2012 - 06:05 PM.