Nation's Brightest
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Re: Nation's Brightest
If its based on Britain's Brightestthen it is a test of reflexes, calculating speed and intuition and has nothing to do with knowledge. Enjoy and good luck!
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Re: Nation's Brightest
Just passed the WWTBAM test. Cooling my heels until the noon callback.triviawayne wrote:I don't want to dash any hopes, but I was there Thursday and got the happy email on Friday; one-day turnaround seems to be the new normal as learned from the Familiar Face on Millionaire thread.alietr wrote:I'm doing Millionaire on Wednesday morning, so I might have to put this one off a bit until I get my frowny email.
Did you get passed through to the on-camera interview? If not, it will be a frowny.
My October 2013 happy email did come about six weeks after my audition, so there is still hope.
Either way, I would go for this if you want to in the meantime, the worst that happens is you are put into two pools, and when you get the call from one, make your decision to accept or decline while holding out hope for the other call to come.
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Re: Nation's Brightest
Go get 'em!alietr wrote:Just passed the WWTBAM test. Cooling my heels until the noon callback.triviawayne wrote:I don't want to dash any hopes, but I was there Thursday and got the happy email on Friday; one-day turnaround seems to be the new normal as learned from the Familiar Face on Millionaire thread.alietr wrote:I'm doing Millionaire on Wednesday morning, so I might have to put this one off a bit until I get my frowny email.
Did you get passed through to the on-camera interview? If not, it will be a frowny.
My October 2013 happy email did come about six weeks after my audition, so there is still hope.
Either way, I would go for this if you want to in the meantime, the worst that happens is you are put into two pools, and when you get the call from one, make your decision to accept or decline while holding out hope for the other call to come.
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Re: Nation's Brightest
How long a paragraph did those of you who got tryouts write for the Bio and "Why am I one of the nation's brightest?" sections?
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Re: Nation's Brightest
Go knock it out of the park!!!!!alietr wrote:Just passed the WWTBAM test. Cooling my heels until the noon callback.triviawayne wrote:I don't want to dash any hopes, but I was there Thursday and got the happy email on Friday; one-day turnaround seems to be the new normal as learned from the Familiar Face on Millionaire thread.alietr wrote:I'm doing Millionaire on Wednesday morning, so I might have to put this one off a bit until I get my frowny email.
Did you get passed through to the on-camera interview? If not, it will be a frowny.
My October 2013 happy email did come about six weeks after my audition, so there is still hope.
Either way, I would go for this if you want to in the meantime, the worst that happens is you are put into two pools, and when you get the call from one, make your decision to accept or decline while holding out hope for the other call to come.
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Re: Nation's Brightest
It said "brief" so I kept it to a couple of sentences. I got a call, so I guess that was OK. Still playing phone tag with them.slam wrote:How long a paragraph did those of you who got tryouts write for the Bio and "Why am I one of the nation's brightest?" sections?
ETA: Just finished Skype interview, have a f/u tomorrow. Pretty basic puzzle type stuff - math problems, detecting patterns, etc. Nothing too mindblowing.
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Re: Nation's Brightest
Did my second Skype interview last night. Think I did well... as others have mentioned, this game is heavily weighed towards brain puzzles and the such.
Keeping fingers and toes crossed!
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Re: Nation's Brightest
I hope the show goes better than 500 Questions.
Good luck to everyone who interviewed.
Good luck to everyone who interviewed.
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Re: Nation's Brightest
If Nation's Brightest goes as well for me as 500 Questions did for Lampy, I'll be plenty happy.Bamaman wrote:I hope the show goes better than 500 Questions.
Good luck to everyone who interviewed.
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Re: Nation's Brightest
Having watched the full first episode of the British version, I'd be shocked if it weren't a prime-time deal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlcSm1FO7DE
It looks interesting enough, although there is a significant "luck of the draw" element in terms of what kind of preliminary game you get.
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Re: Nation's Brightest
I kept it brief with a 50 word bio and a 40 word reason. I sent an email this morning. Got a call earlier this afternoon for the initial phone interview. Have the Skype interview this evening. Thrown out in the trash by tomorrow. Well, hopefully not.billiej wrote:It said "brief" so I kept it to a couple of sentences. I got a call, so I guess that was OK. Still playing phone tag with them.slam wrote:How long a paragraph did those of you who got tryouts write for the Bio and "Why am I one of the nation's brightest?" sections?
ETA: Just finished Skype interview, have a f/u tomorrow. Pretty basic puzzle type stuff - math problems, detecting patterns, etc. Nothing too mindblowing.
Edited to Add: I took the test and at the end of it (before it was even scored) was invited to talk to the producers which I'll be doing on Monday. I suppose my invitation could be rescinded if I bombed (which I didn't).
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Re: Nation's Brightest
A bit of Google Fu leads me to believe this is being pitched to NBC.
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Re: Nation's Brightest
Do you have anything definitive setup already, or waiting for the next step like the rest of us?BigDaddyMatty wrote:On to the third round!
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Re: Nation's Brightest
How are you counting rounds? Is the first round the initial phone interview; second round the test; third round a producer interview?BigDaddyMatty wrote:On to the third round!
Or are you counting some other way?
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I didn't count the initial phone call as a "round." I'm just talking about Skype interviews. First round: test with contestant coordinator; second round: producer interview; third round: 30-question test.slam wrote:How are you counting rounds? Is the first round the initial phone interview; second round the test; third round a producer interview?BigDaddyMatty wrote:On to the third round!
Or are you counting some other way?
The producer invited me to do the 30-question test at the end of my interview with her. I'm scheduled for Monday evening.seanl81 wrote:Do you have anything definitive setup already, or waiting for the next step like the rest of us?
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Re: Nation's Brightest
During my initial Skype interview I was told that the producer would probably be asking me some more test questions (as opposed to personality questions) during the 2nd Skype interview. I'm not sure if that means a 30-question test or just a few random questions.
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Re: Nation's Brightest
The producer interview will be mostly personality stuff, but you may be asked to do a few more puzzles. (I did a couple of puzzles like the ones from the first interview, and then a couple of brainteasers involving manipulation of household objects.) The 30-question test is the next round following that.slam wrote:During my initial Skype interview I was told that the producer would probably be asking me some more test questions (as opposed to personality questions) during the 2nd Skype interview. I'm not sure if that means a 30-question test or just a few random questions.
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Re: Nation's Brightest
I'm scheduled for "round 3" next week as well.BigDaddyMatty wrote:The producer interview will be mostly personality stuff, but you may be asked to do a few more puzzles. (I did a couple of puzzles like the ones from the first interview, and then a couple of brainteasers involving manipulation of household objects.) The 30-question test is the next round following that.slam wrote:During my initial Skype interview I was told that the producer would probably be asking me some more test questions (as opposed to personality questions) during the 2nd Skype interview. I'm not sure if that means a 30-question test or just a few random questions.