Emotional intelligence

Jimmy the engineer
Jimmy is a brilliant computer science graduate. He never failed a class and he never missed any assignment from his professors. Jimmy has a strong work ethics and he spends most of his free time in studying advanced programming techniques and software by himself.
Soon after his graduation, he lands his first ever interview with a large multinational corporation. The recruitment process includes three interviews: (1) a telephone interview, (2) case scenario, (3) an incognito test.
Jimmy passes brilliantly the first two steps, then he is told to come back in a week with no further details on what is going to happen that day…
A week passes by and Jimmy walks into the office to prepare himself for what he thought was going to be another interview with a senior engineer. To his great surprise, Jimmy finds out that 4 other people are waiting with him and none of them has a clue on what is going on.
Suddenly a senior engineer walks in. He/she introduces him/herself, she/he congratulates Jimmy and the others for their excellent performance so far, and announces that today they will make their final decision on who gets the job.
It turns out the incognito test is actually another data breach simulation and they will all work on it, not individually, but as a team. They have 3 hours to complete the challenge, 2 other senior staff members will be in the room with them but they’re not allowed to disclose any sort of information, they cannot be asked for any clarifications and they cannot talk with candidates.
There is only one office laptop that they can use and they need to gather themselves all the information they need to understand and solve the challenge.
After wishing them good luck, the senior engineers take a seat and start taking note.
Jimmy knows nothing about these people or the challenge they are faced with, he’s out of his comfort zone…overall, he’s very unsettled but the clock doesn’t care about his feelings and it is time to get the work done.
The assignment is clear and there is a shared sense of urgency to take care of the challenge first: the computer is already on, time to solve the problem…
