Senior Year, Finals Week
Your dorm room smells of desperation and fear. It's finals week. Your last one. And you have a fellowship interview to prepare for.
Dr. Whipple is mapping the energies between dimensions. She has a theory that subtle gradations in them may influence how a pattern's magic manifests itself. Dr. Whipple's a crackerjack magical researcher, and she's well-regarded by the Practicum.
It's the most prestigious fellowship available. It would do wonders for your career.
You made it through the first rounds of culling, and now you're one of two students Dr. Whipple is interviewing.
Darcy is the other.
That's Not Awkward
You asked Dr. Ellison for advice about the interview. "It's important to discuss the skills you'd bring to the project, but Dr. Whipple will also be determining how good of a personality fit you will be for her team."
Logically, there's little you can do to change your personality, so you've focused on how to pitch your skills.