Unfortunately, some of the best and brightest will fail that aptitude test. Great attitude, poor aptitude. They could have found that out back in their Freshman or Sophomore year by visiting their Career Center on campus. But I hope some of them do. Or they'll end up in jobs either struggling to keep up or hating their work.
Happiness always goes a lot further than a couple of extra dollars in the paycheck.
Seek out work that you enjoy from the start. The company site interviews are going to focus primarily on personality. The best predictor of future performance is past performance. And we might ask how you've reacted in the past in similar situations. We'll even test your personal ethics with a series of scenario questions designed to show whether you would compromise our professional standards.